Battle of the Kulikovo Field

Battle of Kulikovo
Part of Mongol Yoke
17th century illustration
Date September 8, 1380 Location Kulikovo Field near the Don River Result Decisive Moscow victory; securing the title of Grand Duke for the Moscow faction First historical mention of Muscovy as an independent country
Belligerents
Russian principalities: Moscow Tver Suzdal—Nizhny Novgorod Smolensk Rostov Yaroslavl Murom Polotsk Beloozero	Western part of the Golden Horde Genoan mercenaries
Commanders and leaders
Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoy of Moscow	Mamai
Strength
from 30,000 to 50,000-60,000	from 30,000 to 100,000 – 150,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	8/9 of the army

Russian principalities:
Moscow
Tver
Suzdal—Nizhny Novgorod
Smolensk
Rostov
Yaroslavl
Murom
Polotsk

The Battle of Kulikovo (Russian: Мамаево побоище, Донское побоище, Куликовская битва, битва на Куликовом поле) was fought between the armies of the Golden Horde under the command of Mamai, and various Russian principalities under the united command of Prince Dmitri of Moscow. The battle took place on 8 September 1380, at the Kulikovo Field near the Don River (now Tula Oblast, Russia) and was won by Dmitri, who became known as Donskoy (of the Don) after the battle.

Although the victory did not end the Mongol domination over Russia, it is widely regarded by Russian historians as the turning point when Mongol influence began to wane and Muscovite power to rise. This process eventually led to Muscovite independence and formation of the modern Russian state. According to the Russian historian Lev Gumilev, "Russians went to the Kulikovo field as citizens of various principalities and returned as a united Russian nation".

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