Battle of the Vorskla River | |||||||||
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Part of Golden Horde-Lithuania armed conflict | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Support by: Principality of Moscow[1] |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Principality of Kiev Principality of Polotsk Principality of Smolensk Principality of Bryansk Moldavia Wallachia Teutonic Knights Forces of Tokhtamysh | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Edigu Temür Qutlugh |
Grand Duke Vytautas Tokhtamysh Ivan Borisovich † Andrey of Polotsk † Demetrius I Starshy † Gleb Svyatoslavich † Spytko II of Melsztyn † Hanus † Thomas Surville † | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
90,000[2] | 100,000 with 50 princes[1] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | most of the army destroyed (including 11 Teutonic Knights, notably Thomas Surville and Hanus) |
The Battle of the Vorskla River was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars of the Golden Horde, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and a large Crusader force led by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great of Lithuania. The battle ended in a decisive Tatar victory for the Golden Horde.
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