Çalım was a citadel and a staff of Tatar troops, which was constructed during the

Kazan War The Russo-Kazan Wars was a series of wars fought between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Khanate of Kazan from 1439, until Kazan was finally conquered by the Tsardom of Russia under Ivan the Terrible in 1552. General Before it separated from ...

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 List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

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: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

. In 1556, it was seized by Russian troops and ruined.

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Khanate of Kazan Russo-Kazan Wars Defunct towns in Russia 1550s in Europe {{Russia-hist-stub