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MAIASP. 2021. No. 13 N.V. Belov ( THE CAMPAIGN OF DEVLET GIRAY I TO THE DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2021.83.49.025 Access
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The
article analyzes the events of the military campaign of September—October
1565 on the Russian-Crimean border. Presently, the historical record database
expands greatly with unpublished private rank books, ambassadorial books, as
well as newly discovered Chronicle of the nobles of Zagryazhski.
The authors who use the newest research methods in military historiography
make the first ever attempt to consider such substantial issues as the
actions of Russian reconnaissance in the mid-fall of 1565, the causes of the
regional conflict in the army of Prince Ivan D. Belsky,
and the retreat of the Crimean army to mention but a few. As
a result of comprehensive study of the Bolkhov
campaign, they have reached the following conclusions. The campaign of the
Crimean Khan Devlet Giray
I to the Russian lands was another milestone of the protracted military
confrontation between the two states, the Crimean Khanate and the Russian Tsardom. As a result of the
conflict between khan and representatives of the Tatar noble class, the
campaign conceived primarily as a political action turned into a robbery raid
aimed at taking prisoners. At first, Devlet Giray I deceived the expectations of the Russian command
by attacking the poorly defended Bolkhov fortress.
However, the skillful actions of the Russian intelligence helped to track the
paths of the Crimean army and prevent the Tatar contingents from breaking
through to the south of the country. The approach of the army of Prince Ivan
D. Belsky who was sent to
meet the Crimeans forced Devlet
Giray I to lift the siege of Bolkhov
and, without taking a big battle, retreat to the Steppe. In the addendum,
excerpts from Chronicle of Zagryazhski and Rank
Book of the Boltins are cited,
with some new data on the Bolkhov campaign. |
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Key words: Moscow State, Crimean
Khanate, Ivan IV the Terrible, Devlet Giray I, Russian-Tatar wars, voivods'
corps, military-serving aristocracy, oprichnina, mestnichestvo. |
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Received
December 15, 2021 Accepted
for publication December 30, 2021 |
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About the authors: Belov Nikita Vasilyevich ( E-mail: belovnikita1997@yandex.ru Belova Anna Borisovna ( E-mail: beloniria@mail.ru
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