The Battle of Snovsk was a battle in 1068 near Chernigov. According to the results of the battle, the

Cumans The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ...

who invaded the territory of

Kievan Rus' Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus,. * was the first East Slavs, East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical At ...

were forced to retreat.

Background

In the middle of the 11th century, conflicts between Rus' and nomads began, and the latter managed to inflict a major defeat on the Rus' at the

Battle of the Alta River The Battle of Alta River was a 1068 clash on the Alta River between Cuman army on the one hand and Kievan Rus' forces of Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev, Prince Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Prince Vsevolod of Periaslavl on the other in which ...

. The Cumans began to plunder the main principalities of Rus'. To counteract them, the prince of Kiev came out with 3,000 close warriors. 12,000 Cumans acted against them.

Battle

Many details of the battle are not known, but an entry on the Battle of Snovsk appears in columns 171 to 173 of the ''

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'' (PVL). It features a brief inspiring speech made by Svyatoslav before the battle. He attacked the main forces of the Cumans (Polovtsi or Polovcians), who began to retreat and suffered heavy losses. The Khan was captured.Святославъ Ярославичъ
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Primary sources

* (The first 50 pages are a scholarly introduction).

Literature

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Snovsk Snovsk ( ) is a city in Koriukivka Raion, Chernihiv Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine. Population: It hosts the administration of Snovsk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was 12,315 in 2001. Name Historically, the ...

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