Ivan IV, Tsar · Tsar who took Kazan

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Ivan IVإيفان الرابع

Moscow

Ivan the Terrible, the first tsar, who conquered the Muslim khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan.

He took Kazan in 1552 after a bloody siege and Astrakhan in 1556, opening the Volga to Russia. St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow celebrates the fall of Kazan.

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