Title

'Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552', 1894. Artist: Pyotr Shamshin

Caption

'Tsar Ivan IV Conquering Kazan in 1552', 1894. Kazan, the capital of the Tatar Khanate of Kazan, fell to the Russian army of Ivan the Terrible after a siege in 1552. Many of the city's defenders and civilian inhabitants were massacred. Found in the collection of the Regional W Wereshchagin Art Museum, Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

Date

1894

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Fine Art Images

Reference

HRM19D97_113

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,4Mb (1,5Mb) / 14,5in x 10,8in / 4346 x 3250 (300dpi)

Keywords

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