Alta River
Encyclopedia
Alta River is a small river in Ukraine
and is a right tributary of the Trubizh River
. The ancient town of Pereyaslav (currently Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
) is situated between the Trubizh and Alta rivers.
The river is considered the place where the assassins sent by Svyatopolk the Accursed killed saints Boris and Gleb
in 1015. In 1019 it was the site of a battle between Svyatopolk and his brother Yaroslav I the Wise
which Yaroslav won.
In 1068 the river was the place where Iziaslav I of Kiev
was defeated by from Polovtsy at the Battle of the Alta River
On 25 May 1630 on the river near Pereyaslav was the place where Polish
hetman
Stanisław Koniecpolski was beaten by the Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Taras Triasylo. The battle is known as the Taras Night and is described in the Taras Shevchenko
poem Taras Nich
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and is a right tributary of the Trubizh River
Trubizh River
Trubizh is a river entirely located in Ukraine, a left tributary of Dnieper. It falls into the Dnieper's Kaniv Reservoir .It is not to be confused with the Russian Trubezh River ....
. The ancient town of Pereyaslav (currently Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) is situated between the Trubizh and Alta rivers.
The river is considered the place where the assassins sent by Svyatopolk the Accursed killed saints Boris and Gleb
Boris and Gleb
Boris and Gleb , Christian names Roman and David, respectively, were the first saints canonized in Kievan Rus' after the Christianization of the country....
in 1015. In 1019 it was the site of a battle between Svyatopolk and his brother Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus, known as Yaroslav the Wise (Old Norse: Jarizleifr; ; Old East Slavic and Russian: Ярослав Мудрый; Ukrainian: Ярослав Мудрий; c...
which Yaroslav won.
In 1068 the river was the place where Iziaslav I of Kiev
Iziaslav I of Kiev
Iziaslav Yaroslavich , Kniaz' , Veliki Kniaz of Kiev , King of Rus'...
was defeated by from Polovtsy at the Battle of the Alta River
Battle of the Alta River
The Battle of Alta River was a 1068 clash on the Alta River between Kipchak army on the one hand and Kievan Rus' forces of Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev, Prince Sviatoslav of Chernigov, and Prince Vsevolod of Periaslavl on the other in which the Rus' forces were routed and fled back to Kiev and...
On 25 May 1630 on the river near Pereyaslav was the place where Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
hetman
Hetman
Hetman was the title of the second-highest military commander in 15th- to 18th-century Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which together, from 1569 to 1795, comprised the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, or Rzeczpospolita....
Stanisław Koniecpolski was beaten by the Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Taras Triasylo. The battle is known as the Taras Night and is described in the Taras Shevchenko
Taras Shevchenko
Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko -Life:Born into a serf family of Hryhoriy Ivanovych Shevchenko and Kateryna Yakymivna Shevchenko in the village of Moryntsi, of Kiev Governorate of the Russian Empire Shevchenko was orphaned at the age of eleven...
poem Taras Nich
.