Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River in 1552, which was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople. This conquest led to Moscow's control over the river and provided a direct trade route with the Middle East, tr…
In 1552, Muscovite Russia conquered the city of Kazan on the Volga River. It was the first Orthodox Christian victory against Islam since the fall of Constantinople, a turning point that, over the next four years, would complete Moscow's control over the river. This conquest pro…
Focuses on the British Russia Company, revealing how commercial competition between the British and Russian empires became entangled. Commercial competition between Britain and Russia became entangled during the eighteenth century in Iran, the Middle East, and China, and disput…
