Back Битка при Ришкия проход Bulgarian Bitva ve Veregavském průsmyku Czech Schlacht am Rischkipass German Batalla del Paso Rishki Spanish Battaglia del passo Riški Italian Batalia del pass de Riški LMO Битка кај Ришкиот Превој Macedonian Batalha do Passo de Rishki Portuguese Bitka kod Riškog prevoja Serbo-Croatian Битка код Ришког превоја Serbian
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| Battle of the Rishki Pass | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars | |||||||
 Rishki pass | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Bulgarian Empire | Byzantine Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Vinekh | Constantine V[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 500-700 | 10,000-15,000 | ||||||
The Battle of the Rishki Pass (Bulgarian: Битката при Ришкия проход) or Battle of Veregava took place in the pass of the same name, in Stara Planina, Bulgaria in 759. It was fought between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. The result was a Bulgarian victory.[1][2]
- ^ a b Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire - Zenith of Bulgaria and Serbia - Turkish Conquest. In: Cambridge Medieval History, vol. IV, chaps. VIII - XVII - XVIII.
- ^ Miller, William. The Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire.
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