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Kipchak–Cuman Wars with Kievan Rus

1055 CE – 1223 CE · 168 years

For over 150 years the Cuman–Kipchaks raided and occasionally allied with the Rus principalities on the Pontic–Caspian steppe, inflicting major defeats at Alta (1068) but suffering Vladimir Monomakh's counter-offensives, before combined Cuman–Rus forces were annihilated by the Mongols at the Kalka in 1223.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Cuman–Kipchak confederation
  • Kievan Rus principalities (Svyatoslav II, Vladimir Monomakh, Mstislav the Bold)

Key moments

Defining events in the Kipchak–Cuman Wars with Kievan Rus.

  1. 1068 Battle of the Alta River
  2. 1093 Battle of the Stugna River
  3. 1111 Battle of the Salnitsa

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