Battle of Molodi

Battle of Molodi
Part of the Russo-Crimean Wars[broken anchor] and Russo-Turkish wars

Molodi village. A foundation stone to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Molodi in 1572.
Date29 July – 2 August 1572
Location
Molodi, 50 km south of Moscow 55°30′N 37°32′E / 55.500°N 37.533°E / 55.500; 37.533
Result

Russian victory[2]

Belligerents
Tsardom of Russia Crimean Khanate
Ottoman Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders

Ivan the Terrible

Mikhail Vorotynsky
(army commander)
Dmitry Khvorostinin
(key figure)		 Devlet I Giray
Strength
20,000[3]–70,000 men[a] 60,000[1]–120,000[4] men
Casualties and losses
Unknown Heavy[b]

The Battle of Molodi (Russian: Би́тва при Мóлодях) was one of the key battles of Ivan the Terrible's reign. It was fought near the village of Molodi, 40 miles (64 km) south of Moscow, in July–August 1572 between the 120,000 horde of Devlet I Giray of Crimea and about 60,000–70,000 Russians led by Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky.[4] The Crimeans had burned Moscow the previous year, but this time they were thoroughly defeated.

  1. ^ a b Пенской В. В. "Сражение при Молодях 28 июля – 3 августа 1572 г." // История военного дела: исследования и источники. — St. Petersburg, 2012. — Vol. 2. — P. 156. — ISSN 2308-4286.
  2. ^ Robert Payne and Nikita Romanoff, Ivan the Terrible, (Cooper Square Press, 2002), 329.
  3. ^ "Документы о сражении при Молодях" // Исторический архив, № 4. 1959 — P. 167
  4. ^ a b c d Tucker 2010, p. 531.
  5. ^ Стороженко А. В. Стефан Баторий и днепровские козаки. Kiev, 1904. P. 34


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