Siege of Kyiv

When

5 Dec 1240 – 13 Dec 1240

Kind

Siege

Coordinates

50.45° N, 30.52° E

Description

1240 Mongol siege of a Rus' city

Mongol siege of a Rus' city

The Siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. It was a heavy morale and military blow to the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, which was forced to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe.

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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 “Winter – The Mongols under Batu Khan cross the frozen river Dnieper and lay siege to the city of Kiev”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mongolische Truppen unter der Führung Batu Khans beginnen die Belagerung von Kiew, einer der wichtigsten Städte des Fürstentums Halytsch-Wolodymyr”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “fin du siège de Kiev par les Mongols”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Монголо-татарское иго (см”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Las tropas de Batu Kan saquean y destruyen Kiev”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “モンゴルのルーシ侵攻におけるキエフの戦いでモンゴル帝国が勝利を収め、キエフ大公国は事実上崩壊した。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page