Battle of Blue Waters

Battle of Blue Waters
Part of the Great Troubles
DateAutumn 1362 or 1363
Location48°39′30″N 30°47′00″E / 48.65833°N 30.78333°E / 48.65833; 30.78333
Result Lithuanian victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Principality of Kiev became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Golden Horde
Commanders and leaders
Algirdas
Fyodor Koriatovych
Abdallah
Kutlug Bey
Hacı Bey
Demetrius
Strength
20,000–25,000 10,000–20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy

The Battle of Blue Waters[a] was fought at some time in the autumn of 1362 or 1363 on the banks of the Syniukha River, a left tributary of the Southern Bug, between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Golden Horde. The Lithuanians won a decisive victory and finalized their conquest of the Principality of Kiev.

  1. ^ Ciocîltan, Virgil (2012). The Mongols and the Black Sea Trade in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. Translated by Samuel Willcocks. Brill. p. 221. ISBN 9789004226661.


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