Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)

Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)
	Part of Bashkir rebellion of 1681–1684
Date	July 1682
Location	Menzelinsk
Result	Bashkir–Kalmyk victory
Belligerents
Kalmyk Khanate; Bashkir rebels	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Ayuka	Unknown
Strength
40,000 kalmyk 10,000 Bashkir	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Siege of Menzelinsk was a 1682 battle between the Tsardom of Russia against the Kalmyk Khanate and Bashkir rebels.

Course of hostilities

The rebels established a connection with the Kalmyk khan Ayuka. In July 1682, 40000 Kalmyk detachments arrived in Bashkortostan.^[1] The uprising resumed and the Bashkirs and Kalmyks besieged Menzelinsk.^[2]

^ "Сеитовский бунт(Башкирское восстание 1681-1684) on YouTube". They came to Ufa county on the Sun River Kalmyk taisha Ayuka, da Zamsa,and with them there are 40,000 Kalmyks, Nogais, and mountain Cherkases.They want to go near Ufa and along the Zakamsky line.
^ "Башкрское восстание 1681–1684|Взгляд из XXI века". On July 27, they approached Menzelinsk and besieged it.