1480 Sarai raid

1480 Sarai raid
Part of the Great Stand on the Ugra River
Vasili Nozdorovaty in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Date November 1480 Location New Sarai Result Russo-Crimean victory[1] Territorial changes The destruction of the Sarai and the capture of huge prey, the weakening of the Mongolian standing on the Ugra Decline of Great Horde
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Moscow Crimean Khanate	Great Horde
Commanders and leaders
Vasili Nozdorovaty-Zvenigorodsky [ru] Nur Devlet	N/O
Casualties and losses
None	Almost the entire population

The Sarai raid (Russian: Рейд на Сарай) in 1480 was a joint campaign of a small Russian-Crimean detachment against the capital of the Great Horde. The campaign was caused by the fact that Akhmat Khan mobilized all his forces and sent them to Urga, leaving the capital defenseless. The destruction of the barn was the main reason for Akhmat's departure from Urga.^[2]

The Russians could have completely destroyed this city, but the Crimean khan asked them not to do this, and the Russians left with a large amount loot, the khan's wives and Lithuanian politicians.^[3]

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