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Siege of Kiev (1240)
Mongol siege of a Rus' city / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other battles at Kyiv, see Battle of Kiev (disambiguation)
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.[2]
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Siege of Kiev | |||||||
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Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | |||||||
![]() Imaginative portrayal of the 1240 Siege of Kiev in the 16th-century Facial Chronicle. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mongol Empire | Galicia–Volhynia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Batu Khan | Voivode Dmitr | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown; probably large | ~1,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown, probably minor | ~48,000 (including noncombatants) killed | ||||||
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