<prompt> Nokho, uMbuso WaseCzar waba buthakathaka ngenxa yeMpi YaseLivonia eyathatha isikhathi eside futhi yangaphumelela ngokumelene nomfelandawonye wePoland, iLithuania, iSweden, iDenmark, neNorway yokufinyelela ogwini lwaseBaltic nokuhweba olwandle. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, amaTatar aseCrimean Khanate, okuwukuphela kwendlalifa esele yeGolden Horde, aqhubeka ehlasela eningizimu yeRussia. Emzamweni wokubuyisela amakhani aseVolga, abaseCrimea nabangane babo abangama-Ottoman bahlasela iRussia emaphakathi  <response>: futhi bakwazi ngisho nokushisa izingxenye ezithile zaseMoscow ngo-1571. Kodwa ngonyaka olandelayo ibutho elikhulu elihlaselayo lanqotshwa ngokuphelele amaRashiya eMpini yaseMolodi, kwaqedwa ingozi yokwanda kwama-Ottoman eCrimea eRussia. Nokho, ukuhlaselwa kwezigqila kwabaseCrimea akuzange kuphele kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwekhulu le-17, nakuba ukwakhiwa kwemigqa emisha yokuvikela eNingizimu yeRussia, njengeGreat Abatis Line, kwaqhubeka kunciphisa indawo eyayitholakala ekuhlaselweni. 