Kulikovo Field

The memorial church of St. Sergius
Memorial column on the Red Hill, erected in 1848

Kulikovo Field (Russian: Куликово поле, romanizedKulikovo pole, lit.'snipe’s field') is a field in the Kimovsky, Kurkinsky and Bogoroditsky districts of Tula Oblast in Russia.

It is where the Battle of Kulikovo took place on September 8, 1380, between a united Russian army led by Dmitry of Moscow and an army of the Golden Horde, under the command of Mamai. The battle was won by Dmitry, who received the name Donskoy ("of the Don").[1]

  1. ^ Borrero, Mauricio (2009). Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present. Infobase Publishing. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8160-7475-4.

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