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Battle of the Sit River

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Battle of the Sit River
Part of Mongol invasion of Rus
Date March 4, 1238
Location Modern day Yaroslavl Oblast
Result Mongol victory
Combatants
Mongols Vladimir-Suzdal
Commanders
Batu Khan George II
Casualties
Entire Force

The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Rus' people under George II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus. After the Mongols sacked his capital of Vladimir, George fled across the Volga northward, to Yaroslavl, where he hastily mustered an army. His forces were completely exterminated, however, and George II died in the battle along with his nephew, Prince Vsevolod of Yaroslavl. The battle marked the end of unified resistance to the Mongols until Dmitri Donskoy, and inaugurated two centuries of the Mongol domination of Rus.


This article is based on material from the public domain 1906 Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.

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