Crimean invasion of Russia (1521)

Invasion of Muscovy
Part of Russo-Crimean Wars and Russo-Turkish Wars

Tatar invasion of Russia in 1521
Date1521
Location
Moscow, Principality of Moscow
Result

Crimean victory

  • Vasili III of Russia signs a treaty formalising his status as a tributary of the Crimean Khanate
  • Khan lost the Vasily's charter and Muscovy got rid of its tributary status
Belligerents
Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire		 Principality of Moscow
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed I Giray Vasily III
Units involved
30,000–35,000 35,000–40,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy
~30,000 enslaved

The Invasion of Muscovy occurred in the year 1521. The invasion of Muscovy was led by Mehmed I Giray of the Crimean Khanate, a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.

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