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Siege of Vladimir (1238)

On the Mongol Empire map as “Vladimir”

Feb 1238 — The grand prince’s capital burns with his family in the cathedral; his army is hunted down on the Sit River weeks later. Fourteen Rus towns fall in three months of snow. Only the spring thaw, not any army, turns Batu south short of Novgorod.

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Battle site
Chapter
Mongol invasion of Europe (chapter 6 of Mongol Empire)
Atlas
The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294
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