Battle of Kulikovo halts Mongol overlordship of Russia
September 1380
Dmitry of Moscow led a coalition of Russian princes against Mamai's Tatar host on a meadow above the Don. After a disputed cavalry charge from a hidden Russian reserve, the Mongols broke and fled. Dmitry would be remembered as Donskoi, the hero of the Don. The Golden Horde's grip on Russia began its long century-long unraveling.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.