Battle of the Salnitsa river
| Battle of the Salnitsa river | |||||||
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| Part of Rus'-Cuman wars | |||||||
Battle of Salnitsa. Miniature from the Radziwill Chronicle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Kievan Rus' | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Boniak Ayyub Khan (D) Koktus † Aklan Burchevich † Azgulai † |
Vladimir II Monomakh Sviatopolk II of Kiev Davyd Sviatoslavich | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown; Much more than in Rus' | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of the Salnitsa was the main battle in the final phase of the great campaign of a coalition of Kievan Rus' princes against the Polovtsians in March 1111 on the Salnica River. In this battle, the Polovtsian army was completely defeated by Rus' princes led by Grand Duke Svyatopolk Izyaslavich of Kiev, Prince Davyd Sviatoslavich of Chernigov and Prince Vladimir Monomakh southern Pereyaslavl.