Many tragic events experienced our land for their long history.One of the deep wounds left on the body of the country, is the invasion of the Mongol-Tatar army in the distant thirteenth century.Fiercely fought Russian combatants, further infuriating the nomads.But the forces were unequal.Battle of the Sit River in 1238 - is an attempt to unite the forces of all the kingdoms, in order to repel the enemy.But it was done, alas, too late.The bitter defeat and huge losses from the Russian people still have consequences: a horde of Batu stopped their advance to the west, before reaching the Great Novgorod a few miles.
there was a battle on the river Sit March 4, 1238.On the enemy side were tumens Burundi, which significantly exceeds the number of troops Vsevolodovich, prince of Vladimir.The Mongols were informed about the size and composition of Russian regiments Prince Gleb - a traitor, who was expelled almost all of his fellow tribesmen.Therefore, Batu sent about forty thousand of their soldiers, which, however, as almost all were killed in the massacre.
Battle of the Sit River had its prehistory.After the capture of the city of Vladimir (February 7), Batu sent his horde through Yuriev-Polsky and Pereslavl on Torzhok and Tver.However, some of its many thousands of troops under the command Temnik Burundai he sent in possession nephews Prince George Roerich Sit on where the terrorists were going to Russian.Three weeks
body Burundai reached the militia, overcoming great distances (at the same time, the main forces of the invaders have been less than half way).By City he came from Uglich and attacked the Russian army, caught unawares.Unprepared soldiers resisted, but almost all were killed or captured.
Battle of the Sit River lasted two days.The first took a hit over three thousand Regiment patrol the night of the second of March.The main militia quartered in nearby villages, so the Mongols surrounded the village of nearly all the time.On the banks of the river gathered the remnants of squads, and drove them to the ice on both sides.Under the weight of armed warriors ice broke and fell into the cold water, the last defenders of the fatherland.
and ended the heroic battle on the river Sit.Map this battle will more vividly imagine events almost eight hundred years ago.Prince Yuri, later ranked as among the holy martyrs, died fighting with his soldiers.His head was separated from the body and presented a gift Khan Batu.However, such a gift is not very pleased commander in chief, he saw that each take the city loses too much of its troops, so thinking about the suspension of his campaign on Russian land.
Battle of the Sit River - is a tragic page in our history, it entailed getting into dependence on the Golden Horde principalities of northeastern Russia.Completely ruined Ryazan, Murom, Vladimir, Suzdal, Kozelsk, Torzhok district burned villages have lost not only the accumulation of good, but also people who either died in the clashes, or were deported to slavery.This defeat strengthened the Mongols in the thought that all the Russian land can be captured, so later they made a new march on Kiev, Chernigov and Galicia-Volyn lands.
