Fire of Moscow (1571)
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{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Fire of Moscow (1571) | partof = the Russo-Crimean Wars | image = Facial Chronicle - b.22, p. 202.gif | caption = Miniature of the Illustrated Chronicle, 16th century | date = 24 May 1571 | place = Moscow, Tsardom of Russia | coordinates = 55°47′N 37°40′E | map_type = European Russia | map_label = Moscow | map_relief = yes | alt = Moscow | map_caption = | result = [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman] victory
- Most of Moscow destroyed by fire
| combatant1 = Crimean Khanate[1]
Nogai Horde[2]
Circassia[2]
| combatant2 = Tsardom of Russia
| commander1 = Selim II
Devlet I Giray
Divey-Murza[lower-alpha 1]
Temroqwa Idar
| commander2 = Ivan Belsky
Ivan Mstislavsky
Ivan Sheremetev
Mikhail Vorotynsky
Pyotr Tatev
Vasily Temkin-Rostovsky
| units1 = c. 40,000 Tatar horsemen[lower-alpha 2]
unknown number of Nogais and Circassians[lower-alpha 3]
| units2 = 35,000–40,000[4][lower-alpha 4]
| casualties1 = Unknown
| casualties2 = 60,000–200,000 inhabitants
| campaignbox =
}}
The Fire of Moscow occurred on 24 May 1571, when the Crimean army[6] (circa 40,000 horsemen[4]) led by the khan of Crimea Devlet I Giray, bypassed the Serpukhov defensive fortifications on the Oka River, crossed the Ugra River into the Moscow suburbs, and rounded the flank of the 35,000–40,000 men[4] of the Russian army.