Battle of Kulikovo 1380
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate. Wikidata lists more than one location for this battle; the first is shown.
Key facts
| Year | 1380 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
|---|---|---|
| Era | Medieval (500–1499) | derived from year |
| Location | Russia | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Golden Horde, Grand Principality of Moscow, Principality of Smolensk, Principality of Suzdal—Nizhny Novgorod | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 53.6525, 38.6535 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Kulikovo (Russian: Куликовская битва, romanized: Kulikovskaya bitva) was fought between the forces of Mamai, a powerful Mongol military commander of the Golden Horde, and Russian forces led by Grand Prince Dmitry of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at Kulikovo Field near the Don River (now Tula Oblast, Russia) and was won by Dmitry, who became known as Donskoy ("of the Don") after the battle.
Although the victory did not end Mongol domination over Russia, it is traditionally regarded as the turning point at which Mongol influence began to wane and Moscow's power began to rise. The battle would allow Moscow to strengthen its claims of ascendancy over the other Russian principalities, in which it would ultimately become the centre of a centralized Russian state.
The Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480 would mark another important turning point in this power shift. Even though the successor states of the Mongol Empire would manage to burn Moscow in 1571, the Russians defeated them again at the Battle of Molodi later that year.
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