Battle of the Sit
The Battle of Sit ( Russian Ситская битва or Сражение на реке Сить ) on March 4, 1238 was a decisive battle during the Mongol invasion of Russia .
A Mongolian army under Batu Khan defeated the army of the Grand Duke of Vladimir Juri II , who died in the battle , on the Sit River in the western part of today 's Yaroslavl Oblast . The Mongols had previously conquered Ryazan , defeated Juri's sons near Kolomna and set fire to Vladimir and Moscow . In the following weeks, Batus Heer subjugated other principalities in the north of the Kievan Rus , including Tver , Yaroslavl , Pereslavl , Galitsch , Kostroma and Koselsk , while Smolensk , Novgorod and Pskov were able to prevent an invasion by paying tribute. In the summer of 1238 the Mongols withdrew south to the Don . Juri's successor as Grand Duke of Vladimir was his brother Yaroslav II.
At the likely site of the battle near the village of Lopatino in Nekous district , about 25 kilometers northwest of the Nowy Nekous district administrative center , a memorial stele was erected on the left bank of the Sit, where commemorative events take place every summer.
Web links
- Information about the battle on the Nekous district administration website (in Russian)
- Article Ситская битва 1238 in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Coordinates: 58 ° 4 ′ 6.7 ″ N , 37 ° 51 ′ 7.3 ″ E