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Sack of Chernigov, the Glossary

The Mongol siege, capture, and sack of Chernigov, the capital of the Chernigov Principality, occurred on October 18, 1239, during the westward expansion of the Mongol Empire.^[1]

Batu Khan

Batu Khan (–1255) was a Mongol ruler and founder of the Golden Horde, a constituent of the Mongol Empire.

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Bow and arrow

The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).

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Catapult

A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

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Chernihiv

Chernihiv (Чернігів,; Chernigov) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within the oblast.

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Desna (river)

The Desna (Десна; Десна) is a river in Russia and Ukraine, a major left-tributary of the Dnieper.

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The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.

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Dregoviches

The Dregoviches, also called the Dregovichi, were an East Slavic tribal union. Sack of Chernigov and Dregoviches are Ukrainian history stubs.

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Grand Prince of Kiev

The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes grand duke) was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev (modern Kyiv) from the 10th to 13th centuries.

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Hlukhiv

Hlukhiv (Глухів,; Glukhov) is a small historic city on the Esman River.

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Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,.

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Kozelsk

Kozelsk (Козе́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), southwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Kursk

Kursk (Курск) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers.

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Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history.

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Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest such as Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov (30,000 inhabitants). Sack of Chernigov and Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' are 13th century in Kievan Rus'.

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Mstislav III Glebovich

Mstislav III Glebovich (before 1215/1220 – after October 18, 1239) was an Olgovichi prince.

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Novgorod Republic

The Novgorod Republic (Novgorodskaya respublika) was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries in northern Russia, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east.

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Novhorod-Siverskyi

Novhorod-Siverskyi (Новгород-Сіверський) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast, northern Ukraine.

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Polans (eastern)

The Polans or Polians (Polanie; Poljane), also known as Polanians, Polianians, and Eastern Polans, were an East Slavic tribe between the 6th and the 9th century, which inhabited both sides of the Dnieper river from Liubech to Rodnia and also down the lower streams of the rivers Ros', Sula, Stuhna, Teteriv, Irpin', Desna and Pripyat.

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Principality of Chernigov

The Principality of Chernigov was one of the largest and most powerful states within Kievan Rus'.

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Principality of Ryazan

The Principality of Ryazan (Рязанское княжество), later known as the Grand Principality of Ryazan (Великое княжество Рязанское), was a principality from 1129 to 1521.

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Putyvl

Putyvl or Putivl (Путивль) is a city in Sumy Oblast, in north-east Ukraine.

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Radimichs

The Radimichs (also Radimichi) (Радзiмiчы, Радимичи, Радимичі and Radymicze) were an East Slavic tribe of the last several centuries of the 1st millennium, which inhabited upper east parts of the Dnieper down the Sozh and its tributaries.

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Rylsk, Russia

Rylsk (Рыльск) is a town and the administrative center of Rylsky District in Kursk Oblast, western Russia, located on the right bank of the Seym River (Dnieper's basin) southwest of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Severians

The Severians, also Severyans, Siverians, or Siverianians (Севяране; Севери; Северяне; translit) were a tribe or tribal confederation of early East Slavs occupying areas to the east of the middle Dnieper River and southeast of the Danube River.

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Seym (river)

The Seym or Seim is a west-flowing river in Russia and Ukraine.

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Siege of Kiev (1240)

The siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. Sack of Chernigov and siege of Kiev (1240) are Battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' and sieges involving the Mongol Empire.

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Starodub

Starodub (Староду́б) is a town in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, on the Babinets River in the Dnieper basin, southwest of Bryansk.

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Tmutarakan

Tmutarakan (Tmutarakán') was a medieval principality of Kievan Rus' and trading town that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov, between the late 10th and 11th centuries.

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Trubchevsk

Trubchevsk (Трубче́вск, Trubczewsk) is a town and the administrative center of Trubchevsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located about south of the city of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal (Владимирско-Су́здальская, Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya), formally known as the Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal or Grand Principality of Vladimir (1157–1331) (translit; Volodimeriae), also as Suzdalia or Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus', was one of the major principalities emerging from Kievan Rus' in the late 12th century, centered in Vladimir-on-Klyazma.

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Vyatichi

The Vyatichs or more properly Vyatichi or Viatichi (вя́тичи) were a native tribe of Early Slavs, whose affiliation to the Western or Eastern Slavs remains a subject of debate in science.

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Wild Fields

The Wild Fields (translit, translit, Dzikie pola, Dykra, Loca deserta or campi deserti inhabitati, also translated as "the wilderness") is a historical term used in the Polish–Lithuanian documents of the 16th to 18th centuries to refer to the Pontic steppe in the territory of present-day Eastern and Southern Ukraine and Western Russia, north of the Black Sea and Azov Sea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Chernigov

Also known as Sack of Chernigov (1239).

Sack of Chernigov, the Glossary

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See also

1239 in Europe

1239 in the Mongol Empire

13th century in Kievan Rus'

Battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

Conflicts in 1239

Looting in Ukraine

Military history of Chernihiv

Principality of Chernigov

Sieges involving the Mongol Empire

References