The elusive empire : Kazan and the creation of Russia, 1552-1671 / Matthew P. Romaniello.
In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow's control over the river. This conquest provided a direct t...
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