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This article is about the battles of the 1223, 1237–1241 Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. For post-1241 battles involving the Golden Horde in Eastern Europe, see Timeline of the Golden Horde. For battles of the Mongol invasion elsewhere in Europe, see Lists of battles of the Mongol invasion of Europe.

The following is a list of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (1223, 1237–1241).

Results

  Mongol victory
  Rus' victory
  Inconclusive/Other result

Summary

Year	Location	Conflict	Mongol forces	Rus' principalities and allies	Result	Notes
May 1223	Oleshia, Kievan Rus'	Battle of Oleshia	Mongol Empire	Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov	Rus' victory
31 May 1223	Kalka River	Battle of the Kalka River		Kiev Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov Smolensk Cumans	Mongol victory
December 1237	Voronezh (river)	Battle of Voronezh River		Ryazan
16–21 December 1237	Staraya Ryazan (Old Ryazan), near Spassk-Ryazansky	Siege of Ryazan
December 1237 – January 1238	Kolomna	Siege of Kolomna		Vladimir–Suzdal
15–20 January 1238	Moscow	Siege of Moscow (1238)
3–8 February 1238	Vladimir	Siege of Vladimir
4 March 1238	Sit River (modern-day Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)	Battle of the Sit River
March – May 1238	Kozelsk	Siege of Kozelsk		Chernigov
1239–1240	Ruthenia	Batu's raid of 1240 in Ruthenia		Galicia–Volhynia Chernigov Pereyaslav		1238–1239: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl, Yuriev, Dmitrov, Volok, Tver and Torzhok were devastated. In the west, Chernigov and Pereyaslav were sacked.
18 October 1239	Chernihiv	Sack of Chernigov		Chernigov
28 November – 6 December 1240	Kyiv	Siege of Kiev (1240)		Galicia–Volhynia
1241	Kremenets (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)	Siege of Kremenets			Rus' victory
	Danilov (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine)	Siege of Danilov
	Kholm (modern-day Lublin Voivodeship, Poland)	Siege of Kholm

See also

• Timeline of the Golden Horde – including battles involving the Golden Horde in Europe
  • List of wars and battles involving the Golden Horde (1242–1502)
• Mongol Empire
• Mongol invasion of Europe
• Mongol invasion of Circassia
• Mongol invasions of Durdzuketia
• Mongol invasion of Hungary
• Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
• Mongol invasions of Lithuania
• Mongol invasion of Poland
• Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria

Bibliography

• Halperin, Charles J. (1987). Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History. p. 222. ISBN 9781850430575. (e-book).
• Shaikhutdinov, Marat (23 November 2021). "3.4 Invasion of Tokhtamysh". Between East and West: The Formation of the Moscow State. Academic Studies Press. pp. 104–107. ISBN 978-1-64469-715-3.