battle, early modern

Battle of Kazan

Name: Battle of Kazan
Location: Kazan, Russia

Battle of Kazan was a battle fought in 1774 at Kazan, in what is now Russia. It was part of the Pugachev's Rebellion, which ran from 1773 to 1775. The recorded result: Major strategic Imperial Russian victory.

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Fought1774

WhereKazan, Russia55.783N, 49.167E

OutcomeMajor strategic Imperial Russian victory

BelligerentsRussian Imperial Army; Russian NobilityagainstCossack and peasant rebels; Tatar Nobility; Bashkirs; Kazakhs

Casualties and lossesAt least 215 killedand2,000 killed; 10,000 captured; all cannons

Part ofPugachev's Rebellion1773 to 1775

Where it sits in the Pugachev's Rebellion

5 placed engagements of the Pugachev's Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1774 (year precision) to 15 July 1774
Place	Kazan, Russia 55.783N, 49.167E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	2,000–6,000 in Kazan; 9 cannons + citadel cannons;, Michelson's troops N/A	25,000 men first battle; 20 cannons; 15,000 men second battle
Casualties and losses	At least 215 killed	2,000 killed; 10,000 captured; all cannons
Commanders	Ivan Mikhelson Pavel Potemkin Jakob von Brandt	Yemelyan Pugachev Ivan Beloborodov Andrei Ovchinnikov (cossack)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Kazan 1552, 3.4 km W
Siege of Bilär 1236, 118 km SE
Battle of the Kondurcha River 1391, 272 km S
Battle for Nizhniy Novgorod 1439, 326 km W
Siege of Nizhny Novgorod 1505, 326 km W

In the same war

After: Dalmatov Monastery Siege 12 February 1774
All 5 engagements of Pugachev's Rebellion

Elsewhere in 1774

Battle of Kazan is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4090296, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kazan (1774), revision 1370444992, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.