Siege of Kiev (1240)
| Siege of Kiev | |||||||||
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| Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | |||||||||
Imaginative portrayal of the 1240 siege of Kiev in the 16th-century Facial Chronicle. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Mongol Empire | Galicia–Volhynia | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Batu Khan | Voivode Dmitr | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown; probably large | ~1,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown, probably minor | ~48,000 (including noncombatants) killed | ||||||||
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The siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. It was a heavy morale and military blow to the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, which was forced to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe.