List of Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe explained

This is a list of Crimean-Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe.

Overviews of Crimean-Nogai slave raids on Eastern Europe
NameDateLocationPerpetratorsCasualtiesNotes
June 1416Kiev and other cities of the Kiev regionAttackers led by Edigu plundered Kiev, but did not take .[1]
First Tatar raid on Ukraine1447Ukrainethe Hustyn Chronicle of 1447 reports the beginning of destructive attacks by Crimean Tatars on Ukraine.[2] [3]
Tatar raid on Ukraine1471UkraineThe destructive Tatar attack on Ukraine.
Tatar raid on Ukraine1479UkraineThe destructive Tatar attack on Ukraine.
Tatar raid on Podolia1480PodoliaMengli I Giray ravages Podolia.[4]
1 September 1482KievMost were taken prisonerTatars led by the Crimean khan Mengli I Giray attacked the Kiev region at the request of Moscow 's Ivan III. The attackers captured Kiev and the city castle. Kiev voivode Ivan Chodkiewicz and his family were taken prisoner.[5]
Tatar raid on Kiev and Podolia1487Kiev, PodoliaAttack by a 5,000-strong Tatar army on the Kiev and Podolia. In September, King John I Albert defeated them in the Battle of Kopystrzyn. One and a half thousand attackers were killed in the battle, and many Tatars were taken prisoner.
Fire of Kiev1489Kievmany houses burned downa 100,000-strong Tatar army marches into Podolia and Kiev. Kiev is stormed and burned.[6]
Tatar raid on Podolia, Galicia and Volhynia1490–1491Podolia, Eastern Galicia, Volhyniamany prisonersthe campaign of the Crimean and Nogai Tatars in Podolia, Galicia and Volhynia. Volodymyr and other Volhynian towns were burned. A large number of prisoners(yasyr) were taken. On 25 January 1491, the Polish-Lithuanian army under the command of Lwów castellan Mikołaj Chodecki and Luck starosta Semyon Olshanski defeated a 9,000-strong Tatar detachment returning with booty near Zasław, on the Goryn River, and liberated the prisoners.
Tatar raid on Kiev and Czernihów1493Kiev, CzernihówAttack of the Tatars under the leadership of Khan Mengli I Giray on Kiev and Czernihów.
scope"rew"Tatar raid on Podolia and Volhynia1494Podolia, VolhyniaMany prisoners takenTatars attacked Podolia and Volhynia. Many prisoners were taken. The Polish-Lithuanian army pursuing the attackers was defeated in the Battle of Wyszniowiec.[7]
Tatar raid on Volhynia1495VolhyniaTatars attacked Volhynia under the leadership of Mengli I Khan's son Giray. The Lithuanian army under the leadership of the Luck starosta Semyon Olshanski defeated some of the attackers who besieged the city of Koreс. In retaliation, the Tatars launched a second campaign in Volhynia under the command of the khan's sons. Golshansky, together with the governor of Volodymyr, Wasyl Hreptowicz, and Michał and Kostantin Ostrogski, held the defence in Rivne Castle. The Tatars laid siege to the city of Rivne, but failed to capture the castle.
Ottoman-Tatar raid on Galicia22 April 1498Eastern Galicia Ottoman Empire
22 April

the first and extremely devastating attack by Tatars and Turks on Galicia.[8] [9]

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Notes and References

  1. Едигей // Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. — К. : Наукова думка, 2005. — Т. 3 : Е — Й. — 672 с.
  2. Байцар А. Український Крим: Кримське ханство і Козацька Україна
  3. Байцар Андрій Любомирович. Крим. Нариси історичної, природничої і суспільної географії: навч. посіб. / А. Л. Байцар; Львів. нац. ун-т імені І. Франка. — Львів. : Видавничий центр ЛНУ ім. Івана Франка, 2007. — 224 с.
  4. Book: Крипякевич , Іван . Велика історія України. Том І. 1993. Глобус. Київ. 352. uk. 5-86248-016-1.
  5. Гулевич В. «Київська трагедія» 1482 р.: міфи й факти
  6. Web site: Том IV. Розділ IV. Стор. 4. Михайло Грушевський. Історія України-Руси.. izbornyk.org.ua.
  7. Web site: Том IV. Розділ IV. Стор. 4. Михайло Грушевський. Історія України-Руси.. izbornyk.org.ua. 2021-05-25. 30 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230223727/http://izbornyk.org.ua/hrushrus/iur40404.htm.
  8. Полное собрание русских летописей, Т. II, Прибавление, стор. 381; M. Бельський, Хроніка, стор. 904.
  9. О. А. Бевзо. Львівський літопис і Острозький літописець. — Київ, 1971.