Major conflict1223
Battle of the Kalka River
Kalka River · north of the Sea of Azov · Donetsk region
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
On 31 May 1223, a Mongol reconnaissance army under Jebe and Subutai decisively defeated a coalition of Rus princes and Cumans on the Kalka River north of the Sea of Azov. The disaster was the first clash between the Rus and the Mongols, foreshadowing the full invasion of 1237-1240.
Belligerents2
- Mongol Empire
- Rus principalities and Cumans
ON THE MAPMongol Empire
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of the Kalka River
- Britannica: Battle of the Kalka River (1223)
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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