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In June 1686, Langtan led a force of 3,000 Qing soldiers to lay siege on Albazin, which was held by approximately 450 men led by Alexei Tolbuzin. [4] According to Russians sources, the Qing had a "great might of guns" and even more powerful cannons than the Hongyipao, called "miraculous-power general cannons".
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
The Azov campaigns of 1695–1696 (Russian: Азо́вские похо́ды, romanized: Azovskiye Pokhody) were two Russian military campaigns during the Russo-Turkish War of 1686–1700, led by Peter the Great and aimed at capturing the Turkish fortress of Azov (garrison – 7,000 men) with the aim of controlling the southern mouth of the Don River gaining access to the Sea of Azov and ...
This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...
During the war, the Russian army organized the Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 both which ended in Russian defeats. [4] Despite these setbacks, Russia launched the Azov campaigns in 1695 and 1696, and after raising the siege in 1695 [5] successfully occupied Azov in 1696.
The Russian conquest of Siberia took place during 1581–1778, when the Khanate of Sibir became a loose political structure of vassalages that were being undermined by the activities of Russian explorers. Although outnumbered, the Russians pressured the various family-based tribes into changing their loyalties and establishing distant forts ...
The Crimean campaigns of 1687 and 1689 (Russian: Крымские походы, Krymskiye pokhody) were two military campaigns of the Tsardom of Russia against the Crimean Khanate. They were a part of the Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) and Russo-Crimean Wars. These were the first Russian forces to come close to Crimea since 1569. They failed ...
Later: Russian expansion to the area north of the Caucasus is not covered in this article. In 1792, the Russian frontier reached the Dniester (Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). In 1793, the Ukrainian Right Bank was annexed by the Second Partition of Poland. In 1812, the frontier reached the Prut (Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812). The opening of ...