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 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 independence of

Kazan Khanate 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. As legend says, he was a son of Mari noble and Chuvash noble woman. Some years after the fall of Kazan, in 1555 Mameshbirde gathered a military unit and started to struggle against Russian invaders on both banks of the Volga. At the

Hill Bank Land A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit. Terminology The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is universally considered to be not as ...

of the Volga his army reconstructed

Çalım 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 in 1552-1556. The citadel was constructed by the people under Mameshbirde at the right bank of Volga at the Su ...

, the old stronghold at the Sender (Sundyr) Hill and based there. Mameshbirde tried to restore the khanate, but as he wasn't one of Genghiside, he needed someone to head the khanate. He invited the Nogay noble Ğäli Äkräm. After their joint armies were defeated by Russian

punitive expedition A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union. It is usually undertaken in response to perceived disobedient or morally wrong behavio ...

in 1556, he was captured. Later he was executed in

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* 1556 deaths 16th-century executions by Russia Chuvash people Mari people Russo-Kazan Wars Year of birth unknown {{Russia-bio-stub