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Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
Battle of the Sit River
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Part of
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
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Bishop Cyril finds headless body of Grand Duke Yuri on the field of battle of the Sit River.
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Date
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Location
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Result
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Mongol victory
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Belligerents
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Mongol Empire
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Vladimir-Suzdal
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Commanders and leaders
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Burundai
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Yuri II
†
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Strength
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At least one tumen (10,000) of nomadic cavalry
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More than 3,000, mostly infantry
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Casualties and losses
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Light
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Nearly Entire Force
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The
Battle of the
Sit River
took place on 4 March 1238 between the Mongol hordes of
Batu Khan
and the Suzdalians under Grand Prince
Yuri II
of
Vladimir-Suzdal
during the
Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
. It was fought in the northern part of the present-day
Sonkovsky District
of
Tver Oblast
of
Russia
, close to the
selo
of
Bozhonka
.
Battle
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After the Mongols sacked his capital of
Vladimir on the Klyazma
, Yuri fled across the
Volga
northward, to
Yaroslavl
, where he hastily mustered an army.
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He and his brothers then turned back toward Vladimir in hopes of relieving the city before the Mongols took it, but they were too late. Yuri sent out a force of 3,000 men under Dorozh to scout out where the Mongols were; whereupon Dorozh returned saying that Yuri and his force was already surrounded. As he tried to muster his forces, he was attacked by the Mongol force under
Burundai
and fled, but was overtaken on the Sit River and died there along with his nephew, Prince Vsevolod of Yaroslavl.
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Aftermath
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The battle marked the end of unified resistance against the Mongols, and inaugurated two centuries of the Mongol domination of Russia.
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References
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Sources
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