Devlet Giray brief biography

Khan Devlet Giray Devlet the first entered the Crimean throne in the difficult time - the khanate torn the feud, noble births were in enmity. Almost every year he arranged raids, not giving rest to Ivan the Terrible and trying to restore the Kazan and Astrakhan khanates. He went down in history as a khan who captured the Moscow throne. His life from the first days was full of intrigues, conspiracies and murders.

He was born in the year and from a young age was considered the heir to the Crimean Khan throne. Having entered the throne, his uncle Sahab Herai to protect himself, the first thing he sent his nephew to the dungeon, where he spent several years. Having freed, Devlet moves to Istanbul, where he comes closer to Sultan Suleiman and gains his trust. In the year, he became a khan instead of the murdered by his own orders of Uncle Sahib the First Herai.

At the same time, the heirs of the throne - T -Summer Emin Gerai and all the sons of Sahib the First became the victim of the treasure of the Devlet. The reign of Devlet the First entered the Crimean throne in the difficult time. The khanate torn the feud, noble births were in enmity. He reconciled the noble clans and stopped the confrontation. Having stabilized the situation inside the Khanate, Devlet began to be a large -scale trip to Ryazan and Kolomna.

But on the way he changed his mind, learning that there were already large royal detachments near Kolomna, and moved to Tula. His main goal was to stop the campaign of Ivan the Terrible on Kazan. The battle at the mouth of the Kalalahi but already in the year the Devlet gathers Toyn army and again goes to Ryazan with Tula. In the Battle of July 3, the Crimean army was defeated by the Battle of Sudbishchi, the eldest son of Devlet, Kalga Ahmed Gerai, and another son of Hadji Gerai, died.

In the year, Khan attacked the Cossack fortress on Khortitsa, but here he received a rebuff. Six months later, in January, Russian troops went to Livonia. Khan could not use it. Hastily gathering a hundred thousandth army, the Tatars moved to Tula, Ryazan and Kashira. The army was commanded by the eldest son of Devlet - Kalga Mehmed Gerai. Russian detachments gathered on the banks of the Oka and drove the retreating Tatars to Oskol.

The campaign of Devlet in the year was successful - he managed to ruin Mtsensk, Bolkhov and several other cities. And a year later, his sons were ruined by the Pron and Ryazan lands. Devlet took part in the speech of Sultan Selima Second on Astrakhan in the year. The campaign ended with the defeat of the Tatars and the Turks, in which they suffered serious losses. A trip to Moscow in the spring of the year took a trip to Moscow lands.

Khan enlisted the support of not only Osman, but also the Commonwealth. The campaign was successful and ended with the burning of Moscow. The southern lands of the Russian state were plundered and ruined. A significant role in success was played by defectors who showed the Crimeans weaknesses in defense. The khan’s troops went around the clusters of the Russian troops and moved to Moscow.

Ivan the Terrible was forced to flee Rostov. Devlet Giray burned Moscow. Meanwhile, Devlet ordered to set fire to Moscow. For several hours, the city was blazing. Devlet turned back to the Crimea, capturing and ruining the cities on the way. The result of the campaign was tens of thousands of killed and more than a hundred thousand prisoners of Russians.

The main requirement of the Devtlet was the Kazan and Astrakhan Khanate. Terrible was ready to give only Astrakhan. Having believed in his strength, the Crimean Khan decided that he could capture the entire Russian state and again attacked the year. This time, the Turks, Tatars and Nogais came with him. The sons of the khan, military leaders and a huge number of warriors died in the battle.

This battle put an end to the raids of the Crimean Khanate on the Russian lands. After him there were minor attacks under the leadership of the sons of Devlet, but he himself did not participate in the campaigns. Read even more interesting about the Caucasus in the information and analytical portal registry recording EL NO FS from