Siege of Kiev | |||||||||
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Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' | |||||||||
![]() Imaginative portrayal of the 1240 Siege of Kiev in the 16th-century Facial Chronicle. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Mongol Empire | Galicia–Volhynia | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Batu Khan | Voivode Dmitr | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Unknown; probably large | ~1,000 | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown, probably minor | ~48,000 (including noncombatants) killed | ||||||||
Location within Europe |
The siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. It was a heavy morale and military blow to the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, which was forced to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe.[2]