Regional971 CE

Battle of Dorostalon

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Bulgaria

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Dorostalon (971), part of the Byzantine-Russian War. Byzantium defeated Kiev.

Belligerents2

Byzantine Empire
Kiev

ON THE MAPByzantine Empire (843-1204)

Conflict graph

PART OFSviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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