Bağımsızlığa Adanmış Bir Hayat: Küçüm Han

Abstract

Kuchum Khan, a descendant of the Shaybanids, put an end to the rule of Taibugids in the Sibir Khanate in 1563. Kuchum Khan, who had focused more on the internal affairs of the state because he shared the first years of his rule with his brother, started to deal with the foreign affairs of the state on the death of his brother. Thus, with the invasion of the Kazan Khanate by Moscow in 1552, he aimed to stop the Russian advance toward Siberia. Achieving this goal required the help of the indigenous tribes of Siberia, especially clergy from Bukhara and Kazan. Kuchum Khan, who had received the support of clergy and indigenous tribes since 1573, had extremely successful confronations in Siberia until 1582 but the involvement of Stroganovs and Cossacks in the struggles reversed the situation. Cossacks had to leave the city as a result of the occupation of Isker. Even though he succeeded in killing the Cossack Ataman Yermak Timofeyevich in 1584, Kuchum Khan could not take the city back. Despite this, after the death of Yermak Timofeyevich, he fought the central Russian troops who arrived in Siberia until 1598.