Battle of Sudbischi
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| Battle of Sudbischi | |||||||
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| Part of Russo-Crimean Wars | |||||||
 Devlet Giray I and his army on the campaign of Tula | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire[1] | Russian Tsardom | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Devlet I Giray | Ivan Sheremetyev (WIA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 40,000 to 60,000 | 4,000 to 7,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Extremely heavy | Heavy | ||||||
Battle of Sudbischi (Russian: Судбищенская битва) a battle that took place between the troops of the Crimean Khanate led by Devlet Giray and the Russian army led by Ivan Sheremetyev. The battle ended with the retreat of the Crimean troops and a Russian victory.
After the failure of the Tatar campaign against Tula in 1552, A correspondence began between the Russian Tsar and the Crimean Khan, in which Devlet Giray offered friendship to the Russians, but in return demanded tribute, which the Russian Tsar refused.[2]
In 1555, the Crimean Khan went to war in the land of the Pyatigorsk Circassians, after which Ivan the Terrible sent the commander Ivan Sheremetyev, with an army of thirteen thousand, to meet the Khan.[3]
The number of the army
Old sources cite party figures of 60,000 for Tatars and 13,000 for Russians.[3][a] In modern historiography, this seems to be overstated for both sides. The historian Vitaly Penskoi gives the number of the Tatar army at 40,000 and the Russian force at 4,000.[5] Another source takes the figure of 60,000 for the Tatars as accurate.[6] It is also noted that the Russians did not have artillery, while the Crimeans did—with support from Ottoman artillery and Janissaries.[7][1]