Medieval era · 1238

Battle of the Sit River

The Battle of the Sit River took place on 4 March 1238 between the Mongol forces of Batu Khan and the army of Vladimir-Suzdal led by Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir during the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. The engagement occurred in the northern part of what is now the Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast, near the selo of Bozhonka.

Battle of the Sit River
Battle of the Sit River · Григорий, монах суздальского Спасо-Евфимиева монастыря, агиограф; XVI в., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
1238
Where
Yaroslavl Oblast
Era
Medieval

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