Siege of Moscow (1382)

Siege of Moscow
Part of the aftermath of the Great Troubles

Tokhtamysh in front of Moscow, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Date23–26 August 1382[3]
Location55°45′21″N 37°37′2″E / 55.75583°N 37.61722°E / 55.75583; 37.61722
Result Golden Horde victory[1][3][4]
Belligerents
Golden Horde
Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal[1]
Supported by:
Timurid Empire[2]
Principality of Moscow
Commanders and leaders
Tokhtamysh
Vasiliy Kirdyapa of Suzdal
Simeon of Suzdal
Supported by:
Timur
Ostei[a]
Casualties and losses
24,000[5]

The siege of Moscow in 1382 was a battle between the Principality of Moscow and Tokhtamysh, khan of the Golden Horde. In the Battle Tokhtamysh had the Support of Turco-Mongol warlord Timur, with whose help he succeeded.[2]

  1. ^ a b Halperin 1987, p. 75.
  2. ^ a b "Кондырча буендагы сугыш". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
  3. ^ a b Shaikhutdinov 2021, p. 106.
  4. ^ a b Crummey 2014, p. 57.
  5. ^ Тихомиров М. Н. Древняя Москва XII–XV вв.; Средневековая Россия на международных путях / Сост. Л.И. Шохин; Под ред. С.О. Шмидта. – М.: Московский рабочий, 1992. – С. 146–147. ISBN 5-239-00769-1.


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