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Medieval era · 1399

Battle of the Vorskla River

The Battle of the Vorskla River was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars of the Golden Horde, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and a large Crusader force led by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great of Lithuania. The battle ended in a decisive Tatar victory for the Golden Horde.

Battle of the Vorskla River
Battle of the Vorskla 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
1399
Where
Vorskla
Era
Medieval

Topics

Ukraine896 CE – todayRussia1223 – today

Before and after

Treaty of Salynas1398Glyndŵr rebellion1400 – 1415Show on timeline

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