How a 1522 Battled Transformed Russia from a Minor Duchy into Earth's Largest Empire

Published: Sept. 13, 2018, 7:15 a.m.

The Russian Siege of Kazan in 1552 and the conquest of Kazan and Astrakhan by Muscovy can be seen as the birth of a Russian Empire. It had profound consequences for the steppe region and beyond, allowing Russian expansion eastwards, eventually as far...