title: Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)
text: # Siege of Menzelinsk (1682)
  
  The Siege of Menzelinsk was a 1682 battle between the Tsardom of Russia against the Kalmyk Khanate and Bashkir rebels.
  
  ## Course of hostilities
  
  The rebels established a connection with the Kalmyk khan Ayuka. In July 1682, 40000 Kalmyk detachments arrived in Bashkortostan. The uprising resumed and the Bashkirs and Kalmyks besieged Menzelinsk.
  
  