List of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

This article is about the battles of the 1223, 1237–1241 Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. For post-1241 battles involving the Golden Horde in Eastern Europe, see Timeline of the Golden Horde. For battles of the Mongol invasion elsewhere in Europe, see Lists of battles of the Mongol invasion of Europe.

The following is a list of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (1223, 1237–1241).

Results

  Mongol victory
  Rus' victory
  Inconclusive/Other result

Summary

Year	Location	Conflict	Mongol forces	Rus' principalities and allies	Result	Notes
May 1223	Oleshia, Kievan Rus'	Battle of Oleshia	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov	Rus' victory
31 May 1223	Kalka River	Battle of the Kalka River [1]	Mongol Empire	Kiev Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov Smolensk Cumans	Mongol victory
December 1237	Voronezh (river)	Battle of Voronezh River	Mongol Empire	Ryazan	Mongol victory
16–21 December 1237	Staraya Ryazan (Old Ryazan), near Spassk-Ryazansky	Siege of Ryazan	Mongol Empire	Ryazan	Mongol victory
December 1237 – January 1238	Kolomna	Siege of Kolomna	Mongol Empire	Vladimir–Suzdal	Mongol victory
15–20 January 1238	Moscow	Siege of Moscow (1238)	Mongol Empire	Vladimir–Suzdal	Mongol victory
3–8 February 1238	Vladimir	Siege of Vladimir	Mongol Empire	Vladimir–Suzdal	Mongol victory
4 March 1238	Sit River (modern-day Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)	Battle of the Sit River	Mongol Empire	Vladimir–Suzdal	Mongol victory
March – May 1238	Kozelsk	Siege of Kozelsk	Mongol Empire	Chernigov	Mongol victory
1239–1240	Ruthenia	Batu's raid of 1240 in Ruthenia	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov Pereyaslav	Mongol victory	1238–1239: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl, Yuriev, Dmitrov, Volok, Tver and Torzhok were devastated.[ citation needed ] In the west, Chernigov and Pereyaslav were sacked.[ citation needed ]
18 October 1239	Chernihiv	Sack of Chernigov	Mongol Empire	Chernigov	Mongol victory
28 November – 6 December 1240	Kyiv	Siege of Kiev (1240) [2]	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia	Mongol victory
1241	Kremenets (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)	Siege of Kremenets [3]	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia	Rus' victory
1241	Danilov  [ uk; ru ] (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)	Siege of Danilov [3]	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia	Rus' victory
1241	Kholm (modern-day Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)	Siege of Kholm [4]	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia	Rus' victory

See also

• Timeline of the Golden Horde – including battles involving the Golden Horde in Europe
  • List of wars and battles involving the Golden Horde (1242–1502)
• Mongol Empire
• Mongol invasion of Europe
• Mongol invasion of Circassia
• Mongol invasions of Durdzuketia
• Mongol invasion of Hungary
• Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
• Mongol invasions of Lithuania
• Mongol invasion of Poland
• Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria

References

1. Halperin 1987, p. 118.
2. Halperin 1987, p. 124.
3. Yatsechko-Blazhenko, T.V. (2014). "Кременеьцкий Замок – Пам'ятка Архтектури та Історії Національного Значення" [Kremenets Castle – An Architectural and Historical Monument of National Significance](PDF) (in Ukrainian). Українська культура: минуле, сучасне, шляхи розвитку. p. 178.
4. Kotlyar; Lymar, Yuriy; Marharyta (2023). "Ukrainian Shield in Defense of European Civilization: Chronology and Periodization" (PDF). Mykolaiv: Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University. p. 265.

Bibliography

• Halperin, Charles J. (1987). Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History. p. 222. ISBN   9781850430575. (e-book).
• Shaikhutdinov, Marat (23 November 2021). "3.4 Invasion of Tokhtamysh". Between East and West: The Formation of the Moscow State. Academic Studies Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN   978-1-64469-715-3.