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Battle of the Sula River
Part of Russian-Polovtsian Wars
Date 12 Aug 1107
Location
Result Victory of the Russians
Commanders and leaders
Sharukhan



The battle on the Sula River' was a battle which took place in 1107 between the troops of the Kievan Rus' state and the Polovtsians, won by the Russian princes. It cccurred during the reign of Grand Prince of Kiev Svyatopolk Izyaslavich . The battle was the last major invasion of the Polovtsians since the appearance of the Polovtsians in the southern Russian steppes in the middle of the XI century until the rise of the Polovtsian danger in the 70-80s of the XII century .

Background[]

In 1103, the first campaign of the Grand Principality of Kiev, and the principalities of Chernigov, Pereyaslavl and Polotsk troops against the Polovtsians was carried out in the steppe, the Polovtsians were defeated. In 1106, an insignificant Polovtsian raid was repelled by Kiev governors Yan and Ivan Zakharich.

The battle[]

In May 1107, Bonyak seized the herds of Pereyaslavl, then Sharukan joined him, and they stood near Lubny on the left bank of the Sula River. Apart from Svyatopolk Grand Prince of Kiev, Oleg Prince of Novgorod-Seversky and Vladimir Prince of Pereyaslavl the army came against them, there were four more princes: Svyatoslav, Mstislav, Vyacheslav and Yaropolk [1].

The chronicle does not provide details of the battle. Russian troops forded Sula and struck at the enemy, he fled, and in the course of the persecution he lost many dead and prisoners. Bonyak and Sharukhan managed to escape, but Boznyak's brother Taz was killed, and Sugra and his brother were captured. Russian Polovtsy was captured convoy.

Consequences[]

In 1107, dynastic marriages were concluded: the Svyatoslav's son of Oleg Svyatoslavich and Vladimir Monomakh's son Yury married the daughters of the Polovtsian khan Aepa.

Significant Polovtsian raids on Russia stopped, but the Russian princes continued their offensive actions. In 1109, the campaign was conducted by small forces under the leadership of the governor Dmitry Ivorovich with the defeat of the nomads (successfully), and in 1111 - the campaign into the possession of Sharukhan and Sugra, which ended with the new defeat of the Polovtsians in the Battle of the Salnitsa River (1111).

Notes[]

  1. ^ Probably, the sons of Vladimir, listed without respect for the order; Mstislav in 1095-1117 reigned in Novgorod, Svyatoslav (possibly) in Smolensk, and Vyacheslav (possibly) in Suzdal.

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