Siege of Yelabuga (1708)

Siege of Yelabuga – the siege of the city by bashkir rebels under the command of Kusyum Tyulekeyev.

Siege of Elabuga
Part of Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711
Date January 7, 1708 Location Yelabuga Result Bashkir victory[1]
Belligerents
Bashkirs	Tsardom of Russia
Commanders and leaders
Kusyum Tyulekeev	Unknown
Units involved
2,000[2]	Unknown

Background

In the first half of January 1708, the main forces of the rebels crossed the Kama River, and the territory becomes the main theater of war Kazan County west of Kama.^[3]

The course of hostilities

After the siege of the Zain fortress, 3,000 rebels under the command of Kusyum Tyulekeyev besieged Yelabuga.^[4]

See also

• Battle of Yuraktau (1707)