Wars
Mongol invasion
Defeat of the principalities of Rus'
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1237–1241
Batu's forces successively ravaged the north-eastern and southern principalities; Kyiv fell in 1240. The campaign formed part of the Mongol Empire's wider westward offensive.
- Parties
- Mongol Empire / individual principalities of Rus'
- Outcome
- Mongol victory; destruction of cities and subsequent tributary dependence
- Settlement or record
- Systems of khans' patents and tribute; no single peace treaty
- Period
- 1237–1241; often summarised as 1237–1240