Ryazan falls to Batu Khan in the first Mongol blow
1237
The Russian principality of Ryazan, warned but unable to rally allies in time, fell after five days of siege in December. Grand Prince Yuri was killed and the city reduced to ash. The speed of the disaster stunned the other Rus princes, who had dismissed the Mongol threat as an eastern rumor.
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Also in 1237 (3 other events on record)
- Batu Khan launches Mongol invasion of Rus · Europe · War
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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