Battle of Suzdal

{{more footnotes|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox military conflict |image= |caption= |conflict=Battle of Suzdal |partof=the [[First Russo-Kazan war (1437–1445)]] and the [[Muscovite War of Succession]] |place=[[Suzdal]] |date=7 July 1445 |result=Tatar victory |combatant1= [[Khanate of Kazan]] |combatant2= [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]] |commander1=[[Mäxmüd of Kazan|Mäxmüd]] |commander2=[[Vasily II of Moscow|Vasily II]]{{POW}} |strength1=3,500 |strength2=1,000 |casualties1= |casualties2=}}

The '''Battle of Suzdal''' ({{langx|ru|Битва под Суздалем}}) or the '''Battle of the Kamenka River''' was fought on 7 July 1445, between Russians under Vasily II and Tatar troops of [[Oluğ Möxämmäd]], who invaded the principality of [[Nizhny Novgorod]]. The Russians were defeated by troops of beg Mäxmüd, who became Mäxmüd of Kazan after the battle. Vasily was taken prisoner and was set free only after the enormous (200,000 roubles)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Martin|first=Janet|title=The Cambridge History of Russia. Volume 1. From Early Rus' to 1689|date=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-05410-2|editor-last=Perrie|editor-first=Maureen|location=Cambridge|pages=164|chapter=The emergence of Moscow (1359-1462)|oclc=828740214}}</ref> ransom was paid. He also promised restitution of the lands of Mishar Yurt, that were bought from [[Tokhtamysh]] in 1343. [[Qasim Khanate]] was founded there to become a buffer state and the vassal of [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]] later.

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==Sources== *{{TES|Suzdal yanındağı suğış/Суздаль янындагы сугыш}}

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