Battle of Kazan (1774)

Battle of Kazan (1774)
Part of Pugachev's Rebellion
Pugachev's storming of Kazan, by Fyodor Moller
Date 12–15 July 1774 Location Kazan, Russian Empire Result Major Strategic Imperial Russian Victory
Belligerents
Russian Imperial Army Russian Nobility	Cossack and peasant rebels Tatar Nobility Bashkirs Kazakhs
Commanders and leaders
Ivan Ivanovich Michelson Pavel S. Potyomkin Jakob von Brandt	Yemelyan Pugachev Ivan Beloborodov (POW) Andrei Ovchinnikov Mineyev (POW) Bakhmutov
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

The Battle of Kazan (1774) was a major battle during Pugachev's Rebellion. It took place on 12–15 July 1774 in Kazan, Russia, and the surrounding area. The first stage began in the morning of 12 July, when rebels under Yemelyan Pugachev defeated government troops and besieged them in the Kazan Kremlin. During the battle some government forces defected to the rebels' side. However, in the evening, tsarist forces under Johann Michelson reached Kazan and defeated the rebels in two battles which took place on 13 and 15 July, forcing Pugachev to retreat to Tsaryovokokshaysk and then to cross the Volga. Out of 25,000 and 15,000 rebels who participated in the first and last stages of the battle respectively, only 500 escaped.^[1]