Kiev Falls to Batu Khan: Mongols Dominate Rus
Batu Khan's forces crush Kiev, toppling its defenses and ending the city's status as a political center under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro. This conquest shatters the Kievan Rus' state, consigning its surviving principalities into decades of subjugation under the Golden Horde while redirecting trade routes away from the Dnieper River.
December 6, 1240
786 years ago
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Kiev
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Danylo of Halych
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Voivode Dmytro
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Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
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Kyiv
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Siege of Kiev (1240)
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Batu Khan
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Golden Horde
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