1480 Sarai raid explained

Conflict:1480 Sarai raid
Partof:the Great Stand on the Ugra River
Date:November 1480
Place:New Sarai
Result:Russo-Crimean victory
Territory:
  • The destruction of the Sarai and the capture of huge prey, the weakening of the Mongolian standing on the Ugra
  • Decline of Great Horde
Combatant1:Grand Duchy of Moscow
Crimean Khanate
Combatant2: Great Horde
Commander1:
Nur Devlet
Commander2:N/O
Casualties1:None
Casualties2:Almost the entire population

The Sarai raid (ru|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.

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.

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