Battle of the Salnitsa river

Battle of the Salnitsa river
Part of Rus'-Cumans struggle
Battle of Salnitsa. Miniature from the Radziwill Chronicle.
Date 27 March 1111 Location Donets, Kievan Rus' (now Ukraine) Result Rus' victory[1]
Belligerents
Cumans	Kievan Rus'
Commanders and leaders
Boniak Ayyub Khan(D) Koktus † Aklan Burchevich † Azgulai †	Vladimir II Monomakh Sviatopolk II of Kiev Davyd Sviatoslavich
Strength
unknown; Much more than in Rus'	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Heavy[2]	Unknown

Battle of Salnica was the main battle in the final phase of the great campaign of the South Russian princes against the Polovtsians in March 1111 on the Salnica River. In this battle, the Polovtsian army was completely defeated by Russian princes led by Grand Duke Svyatopolk Izyaslavich of Kiev, Prince Davyd Sviatoslavich of Chernigov and Prince Vladimir Monomakh southern Pereyaslavl.