What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1111
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.47° N, 31.29° E
- Description
- 1111 battle
Placed at the middle of related events.
Battle of the Salnitsa river
Battle between Russians and nomads (1111 CE)
The Battle of the Salnitsa was the main battle in the final phase of the great campaign of a coalition of Kievan Rus' princes against the Polovtsians in March 1111 on the Salnica River. In this battle, the Polovtsian army was completely defeated by Rus' princes led by Grand Duke Svyatopolk Izyaslavich of Kiev, Prince Davyd Sviatoslavich of Chernigov and Prince Vladimir Monomakh southern Pereyaslavl.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of the Salnitsa river: Prince Vladimir of Kievan Rus' inflicts a crushing defeat on the Cumans (Polovtsy)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “была взяты гг. Шарукань и Сугров (названы по именам ханов), одержана победа в битве при Салнице”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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