What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 971 – 18 Apr 971
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 43.16° N, 26.81° E
- Description
- 971 siege
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fall of Great Preslav (971)
The Fall of Great Preslav to the Byzantines occurred during the war in Bulgaria between the armies of Emperor John I Tzimiskes and the combined Bulgarian and Kievan Rus' forces in 971. The Byzantines crushed a Bulgarian-Rus' army in a pitched battle outside the Bulgarian capital Great Preslav, and on the following day assaulted the city.
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