Back Бітва на Ворскле (1399) Byelorussian Бітва на Ворскле BE-X-OLD Batalla del riu Vorskla Catalan Bitva na Vorskle Czech Slaget ved Vorskla (1399) Danish Schlacht an der Worskla German Μάχη του Ποταμού Βόρσκλα Greek Batalla del río Vorskla Spanish Vorsklajoen taistelu Finnish Bataille de la Vorskla French
| Battle of the Vorskla River | |||||||||
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| Part of Golden Horde-Lithuania armed conflict | |||||||||
 A miniature from the Personal annalistic code | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Golden Horde |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Principality of Kiev Principality of Polotsk Principality of Smolensk Principality of Bryansk Moldavia Wallachia Teutonic Order Forces of Tokhtamysh | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Edigu Temür Qutlugh |
Grand Duke Vytautas Tokhtamysh Ivan Borisovich † Andrey of Polotsk † Demetrius I Starshy † Gleb Svyatoslavich † Spytko II of Melsztyn † Hanus † Thomas Surville † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 90,000[1] | 100,000 with 50 princes[2] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | most of the army destroyed (including 11 Teutonic Knights, notably Thomas Surville and Hanus) | ||||||||
The Battle of the Vorskla River was fought on August 12, 1399, between the Tatars of the Golden Horde, under Edigu and Temür Qutlugh, and the armies of Tokhtamysh and a large Crusader force led by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great of Lithuania. The battle ended in a decisive Tatar victory for the Golden Horde.
- ^ Ivinskis Z. Lietuvos istorija iki Vytauto Didžiojo mirties. — Vilnius: Mokslas, 1991
- ^ Гумилев 2023, p. 286.