1480 Sarai raid
Campaign against the Great Horde
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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.[2]
DateNovember 1480
Location
Result
Russo-Crimean victory[1]
Territorial
changes
changes
- The destruction of the Sarai and the capture of huge prey, the weakening of the Mongolian standing on the Ugra
- Decline of Great Horde
| 1480 Sarai raid | |||||||||
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| Part of the Great Stand on the Ugra River | |||||||||
Vasili Nozdorovaty in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Crimean Khanate Grand Duchy of Moscow | Great Horde | ||||||||
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Vasili Nozdorovaty-Zvenigorodsky Nur Devlet | N/O | ||||||||
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| None | Almost the entire population | ||||||||
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.[3]
