1480 Sarai raid

Campaign against the Great Horde March 2026 1480 Sarai raid the Great Stand on the Ugra River File:Василий Ноздроватый.png Vasili Nozdorovaty in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century) November 1480 New Sarai Russo-Crimean victoryTerentyev 2022 30 The destruction of the Sarai and the capture of huge prey, the weakening of the Mongolian standing on the Ugra Decline of Great Horde Crimean KhanateGrand Duchy of Moscow Great Horde Vasili Nozdorovaty-Zvenigorodsky ru Звенигородский, Василий Иванович НоздроватыйNur Devlet N/O None Almost the entire population The Sarai raid in 1480 was a joint campaign of a small Russian-Crimean detachment against the capital of the Great Horde. The campaign was caused by the fact that Akhmat Khan mobilized all his forces and sent them to Ugra, leaving the capital defenseless. The destruction of Sarai was the main reason for Akhmat's departure from Ugra.Gumilev 2023 315 The Russians could have completely destroyed this city, but the Crimean khan asked them not to do this, and the Russians left with a large amount of loot, the khan's wives and Lithuanian politicians.Karamzin 2020 429-430 References Bibliography Terentyev M. ru ru:История завоевания Средней Азии The history of the conquest of Central Asia Volume 1 2022 978-5-4481-1327-7 Gumilev Lev Lev Gumilev От Руси к России For Rus' to Russia Moscow AST 2023 Эксклюзивная классика 1992 978-5-17-153845-3 revised Karamzin Nikolay Nikolay Karamzin ru:История Государства Российского History of the Russian state Азбука 2020 1824 978-5-4484-4482-1 Category:1480 conflicts Category:15th century in the Grand Principality of Moscow Category:Battles involving the Grand Principality of Moscow Category:Battles involving the Golden Horde Category:Battles involving the Crimean Khanate