Battle of the Vorskla River

Battle of the Vorskla River
Part of Golden Horde-Lithuania armed conflict
Battle of the Vorskla River.
A miniature from the Personal annalistic code
DateAugust 12, 1399
Location
Vorskla River (now located in Ukraine)
Result Golden Horde victory
Territorial
changes
  • Lithuania loses the Black Sea coast and southern part of the Wild Fields to the Tatars
  • Smolensk, Novgorod, and Pskov rebel against Lithuania
Belligerents

Golden Horde

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 of Lithuania. The battle ended in a decisive Tatar victory for the Golden Horde.

  1. ^ a b Гумилев 2023, p. 286.
  2. ^ Ivinskis Z. Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties. — Vilnius: Mokslas, 1991

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