What happened when Batu's Mongol army took Kyiv in 1240?

Batu's army takes Kyiv

Монголи беруть Київ

December 1240. In 1237 the Mongol army of Khan Batu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, moved west across the steppe.

Where: Ukraine

What happened

In 1237 the Mongol army of Khan Batu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, moved west across the steppe. Rus' was divided among quarrelling princes and could not stand together. At the start of December 1240, after a siege, Batu's army took Kyiv. The chronicle tells how the last defenders gathered in the Church of the Tithes, which collapsed under them, and how the voivode Dmytro was spared for his courage. Kyiv lost much of its population, and power in Rus' moved to other centres.

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У 1240 році військо хана Батия взяло Київ.

In 1240 Khan Batu's army took Kyiv.

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