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Battle of the Kalka River

The Battle of the Kalka River was fought between the Mongol Empire, whose armies were led by Jebe and Subutai, and a coalition of several Rus' principalities, including Kiev and Galicia-Volhynia, and the Cumans under Köten. They were under the joint command of Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav III of Kiev.

Battle of the Kalka River
Battle of the Kalka River · Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in 10 volumes: pdf , pdf with translation ) Public domain image, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1223
Where
Kalchyk
Era
Medieval

Topics

Ukraine896 CE – todayRussia1223 – today

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