Astrakhan Khanate

The Astrakhan Khanate, later the Caucasian Khanate, was a breakaway state from the collapsing Golden Horde that was eventually absorbed into the Russian nation. Astrakhan was informally allied to the Nogai Horde throughout their roughly 70 years of independence.
== The Fight For Freedom ==
As the Golden Horde was being invaded from the west during the Great Russian War, the people living in the city of Astrakhan decided to rebel against them in April 1476, declaring that a new khan would control the city. The khan spent the next year securing the territories he claimed from the Golden Horde before leaving the conflict.
{invasion of Kalmykia TBA}
== A Visit To Sarai ==
{against Great Horde TBA}
== Freedom or Power? ==
{against the mountain tribes TBA}
== The War of the Volga ==
With only Azov remaining, Astrakhan reformed into the Caucasian Khanate in October 1546, and prepared to invade Azov. To prevent this, the Nogai Horde declared war on Caucasia, who hastily began moving their troops east. Despite this, Nogai's forces reached the city of Astrakhan in only a month. However, Ryazan suddenly began invading both of them from the north. With the turn of the new year, Ryazan reformed into Russia, and Caucasia and Nogai joined forces. It would not prove to be enough, as only two months later both Astrakhan and Saray-Jük (the Nogai capital) would be besieged by the Russians. Astrakhan was soon burned down, and the Caucasian Khanate collapsed. With Caucasian tribes retaking their freedom in the southern territories, most of the Khanate came under Russian control.
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