Battle of the Blue Water
| date | 1362 |
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| place | on the Synjucha river (today's Ukraine ) |
| output | Victory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
| consequences | Incorporation of the Principality of Kiev |
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Kutlug Bey
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The Battle of the Blue Water ( Belarusian Бітва на Сініх Водах ; Lithuanian Mūšis prie Mėlynųjų Vandenų ; Ukrainian Битва на Синіх Водах ) was a dispute between three Lithuanians of the Golden Horde and the Grand Duchy .
As a result of the Battle of the Irpen in 1321, the principality of Kiev was a vassal state of Lithuania. Even so, it continued to pay tribute to the Golden Horde . This only changed with the Battle of the Blue Water, which took place in 1362 on the Synjucha River near Torhowyzja .
The Golden Horde had been in a domestic political crisis since 1357. The Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas , who shared his empire with his brother Kęstutis , took advantage of this situation . During their tenure, the two princes pursued the goal of their father to unite all the countries of the former Kievan Rus . Algirdas declared that all of Russia should simply belong to the Lithuanians.
As a result of the battle, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania succeeded in taking Kiev and Podolia . The cultural decline of Kiev under the Golden Horde could be ended and the city became a prince seat of the son of Algirdas. The Lithuanians restored the old order of the Kievan Rus, which is why they were seen as a welcome change from the Mongols.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rainer Lindner: Handbook of the history of Belarus. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001. p. 85
- ^ Paul R. Magocsi: A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples. 2010. p. 136
- ↑ Harald Heppner: Capitals between Save, Bosporus and Dnieper: History - Function - National Symbolism. Böhlau Vienna, 1998. p. 196
- ↑ Andrew Evans, Massimiliano Di Pasquale: Ukraine. 2013. p. 10