Battle of the Vozha River

Battle of the Vozha River
Part of the Great Troubles

16th-century fantasy image of the battle
Date11 August 1378
Location
Result Muscovite victory[1]
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Moscow Mamai's faction within the Golden Horde[1]
Commanders and leaders
Dmitri Ivanovich of Moscow Murza Begitch [ru] 
Khazibey 
Koverga 
Karabulug 
Kostrov 
Strength
5,000[2] 20,000[3][4]-50,000[5]
Casualties and losses
Unknown Entire army annihilated

The Battle of the Vozha River (Russian: Битва на реке Воже, romanizedBitva na reke Vozhe) was a battle during the Great Troubles, fought between the Principality of Moscow and Mamai's faction within the Golden Horde on 11 August 1378.[6] Mamai sought to punish Dmitri Ivanovich of Moscow (who had not yet received his nickname Donskoy) for refusing to pay the tribute.[7]

  1. ^ a b Martin 2007, p. 235.
  2. ^ "Битва на реке Воже 1378 – кратко о сражении, участники, даты". Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ Peter B. Golden, An Introduction to the History of the Turkic Peoples, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, p.317
  4. ^ Valixanov,O sostojani Sobranie socinenija,III,p.126-157
  5. ^ Греков И. Б., Шахмагонов Ф. Ф. Мир истории. Русские земли в XIII—XV вв. — 2-е изд. — М.: Молодая Гвардия, 1988. — С. 173
  6. ^ "11 августа 1378 - Битва на реке Воже | Исторические события "диБит"". history.dibit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  7. ^ Martin 2007, pp. 234–236.