Kulikovo, battle of (k
lyĭkô`və), 1380, victory of Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi Dmitri Donskoi (dəmē`trē dənskoi`), 1350–89, Russian hero, grand duke of Moscow (1359–89).
..... Click the link for more information. of Moscow over Khan Mamai of the Golden Horde Golden Horde, Empire of the, Mongol state comprising most of Russia, given as an appanage to Jenghiz Khan's oldest son, Juchi, and actually conquered and founded in the mid-13th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . The battle was fought on a plain by the Don near the present village of Kurkino, Russia, SE of Tula. Although the victory was the first Russian defeat of the Tatars, it did not eliminate Mongol rule, which endured for another century.
lyĭkô`və), 1380, victory of Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi Dmitri Donskoi (dəmē`trē dənskoi`), 1350–89, Russian hero, grand duke of Moscow (1359–89)...... Click the link for more information. of Moscow over Khan Mamai of the Golden Horde Golden Horde, Empire of the, Mongol state comprising most of Russia, given as an appanage to Jenghiz Khan's oldest son, Juchi, and actually conquered and founded in the mid-13th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . The battle was fought on a plain by the Don near the present village of Kurkino, Russia, SE of Tula. Although the victory was the first Russian defeat of the Tatars, it did not eliminate Mongol rule, which endured for another century.
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