Siege of Yelabuga – the siege of the city by bashkir rebels under the command of Kusyum Tyulekeyev.
Conflict: | Siege of Elabuga |
Place: | Yelabuga |
Partof: | Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711 |
Date: | January 7, 1708 |
Result: | Bashkir victory[1] |
Combatant1: | Bashkirs |
Combatant2: | Tsardom of Russia |
Commander1: | Kusyum Tyulekeev |
Commander2: | Unknown |
Units1: | 2000[2] |
Units2: | Unknown |
In the first half of January 1708, the main forces of the rebels crossed the Kama River, and the territory becomes the main theater of war Kazan County west of Kama.[3]
After the siege of the Zain fortress, 3000 rebels under the command of Kusyum Tyulekeyev besieged Yelabuga.[4]