Battle on the Irpin River

Battle on the Irpin River
Date Early 1320s[a] Location Belgorod Kievsky on the Irpin River 50°23′N 30°13′E / 50.383°N 30.217°E / 50.383; 30.217 Result Lithuanian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Principality of Kiev
Commanders and leaders
Gediminas	Stanislav of Kiev Oleg of Pereyaslavl † Roman of Bryansk Leo II of Galicia †

The Battle on the Irpin River was a semi-legendary battle between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Principality of Kiev. According to the story, Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, conquered Volhynia before turning his attention to Kiev. He was opposed by Prince Stanislav of Kiev allied with the Principality of Pereyaslavl and Bryansk. Lithuanians achieved a great victory and extended their influence to Kiev. There are no contemporary sources attesting to the battle. It is known only from late and generally unreliable Lithuanian Chronicles. Therefore, historians disagree whether it was an actual battle in the early 1320s^[a] or a fictional story invented by later scribes. Lithuanians gained full control of the city only in 1362 after the Battle of Blue Waters against the Golden Horde.^[2]

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