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List of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

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The following is a list of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (1223, 1237-1241).

Results

  Mongol victory
  Rus' victory
  Inconclusive/Other result

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Year Location Conflict Mongol forces Rus' principalities and allies Result Notes
May 1223 Oleshia, Kievan Rus' Battle of Oleshia Mongol Empire Galicia-Volhynia
Chernigov		 Rus' victory
31 May 1223 Kalka River Battle of the Kalka River Kiev
Galicia-Volhynia
Chernigov
Smolensk
Cumans		 Mongol victory
December 1237 Voronezh (river) Battle of Voronezh River Ryazan
16-21 December 1237 Staraya Ryazan (Old Ryazan), near Spassk-Ryazansky Siege of Ryazan
December 1237, January 1238 Kolomna Siege of Kolomna Vladimir-Suzdal
15-20 January 1238 Moscow Siege of Moscow (1238)
3-8 February 1238 Vladimir Siege of Vladimir
4 March 1238 Sit River (modern-day Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia) Battle of the Sit River
March, May 1238 Kozelsk Siege of Kozelsk Chernigov
1239-1240 Ruthenia Batu's raid of 1240 in Ruthenia Galicia-Volhynia
Chernigov
Pereyaslav		 1238-1239: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl, Yuriev, Dmitrov, Volok, Tver and Torzhok were devastated. In the west, Chernigov and Pereyaslav were sacked.
18 October 1239 Chernihiv Sack of Chernigov Chernigov
28 November, 6 December 1240 Kyiv Siege of Kiev (1240) Galicia-Volhynia
1241 Kremenets (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) Siege of Kremenets Rus' victory
Danilov (modern-day Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine) Siege of Danilov
Kholm (modern-day Lublin Voivodeship, Poland) Siege of Kholm
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