Çalım was a citadel and a staff of Tatar troops, which was constructed during the
Kazan War for the restoration of the
Khanate of Kazan
The Khanate of Kazan ( tt, Казан ханлыгы, Kazan xanlıgı; russian: Казанское ханство, Kazanskoye khanstvo) was a medieval Tatar Turkic state that occupied the territory of former Volga Bulgaria between 1438 and 1552 ...
in 1552-1556. The citadel was constructed by the people under
Mameshbirde
Mameshbirde ( chm, Мамич Бердей, tt-Cyrl, Мәмешбирде, translit=Mämeşbirde, tt-Cyrl, Мамышбирде, translit=Mamışbirde, russian: Мамич-Берде́й) (died 1556) was a rebel commander during Kazan War for th ...
at the right bank of
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catch ...
at the Sundır hill in 1555. It was situated in 160
çaqrım upper than
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzan is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and t ...
. In 1556, it was seized by Russian troops and ruined.
References
Khanate of Kazan
Russo-Kazan Wars
Defunct towns in Russia
1550s in Europe
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