Kuchum Khan

Kuchum Khan (Bashkir: Kösim xan, Siberian Tatar Köçöm, Russian: Кучум; died c. 1601) was the last Khan of Siberia who ruled from 1563 to 1598.

Kuchum Khan's attempt to spread Islam and his cross-border raids met with vigorous opposition from the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible (reigned 1547–1584), who sent a force of Cossacks to confront him head-on (c. 1580). Kuchum is particularly noted for the vigorous resistance he offered to the Russian invaders.

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