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The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Vologda Oblasts....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan
Batu Khan

Batu Khan was a Mongols ruler and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His Blue Horde became the Golden Horde , which ruled Kievan Rus' and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Poland and Hungary....
 and the Rus' people under Grand Prince Yuri II
Yuri II

Yuri II , also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich , was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Russia....
 of Vladimir-Suzdal
Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal Principality , or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus , was a principality which succeeded Kievan Rus as the most powerful Rus' state in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century....
 during the Mongol invasion of Rus
Mongol invasion of Rus

The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between the Mongolian general Subutai's reconnaissance unit and the combined force of several Rus' princes....
. After the Mongols sacked his capital of Vladimir
Vladimir

Vladimir is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway . It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast....
, Yuri fled across the Volga northward, to Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
, where he hastily mustered an army. He and his brothers then turned back toward Vladimir in hopes of relieving the city before the Mongols took it, but they were too late.






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The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast

Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver Oblast, Moscow Oblast, Ivanovo Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, Kostroma Oblast, and Vologda Oblasts....
 of Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
 on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan
Batu Khan

Batu Khan was a Mongols ruler and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His Blue Horde became the Golden Horde , which ruled Kievan Rus' and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Poland and Hungary....
 and the Rus' people under Grand Prince Yuri II
Yuri II

Yuri II , also known as George II of Vladimir or Georgy II Vsevolodovich , was the fourth Grand Prince of Vladimir who presided over Vladimir-Suzdal at the time of the Mongol invasion of Russia....
 of Vladimir-Suzdal
Vladimir-Suzdal

Vladimir-Suzdal Principality , or Vladimir-Suzdal Rus , was a principality which succeeded Kievan Rus as the most powerful Rus' state in the late 12th century and lasted until the late 14th century....
 during the Mongol invasion of Rus
Mongol invasion of Rus

The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between the Mongolian general Subutai's reconnaissance unit and the combined force of several Rus' princes....
. After the Mongols sacked his capital of Vladimir
Vladimir

Vladimir is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway . It is the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast....
, Yuri fled across the Volga northward, to Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
, where he hastily mustered an army. He and his brothers then turned back toward Vladimir in hopes of relieving the city before the Mongols took it, but they were too late. Yuri sent out a force of 3,000 men under Dorozh to scout out where the Mongols were; whereupon Dorozh returned saying that Yuri and his force was already surrounded. As he tried to muster his forces, he was attacked by the Mongol force under Burundai
Burundai

Burundai or Buruldai was a notable Mongol general of the mid XIII century. He participated in the Mongol invasion of Russia and Mongol invasion of Europe in 1236-1242....
 and fled but was overtaken on the Sit River and died there along with his nephew, Prince Vsevolod of Yaroslavl. The battle marked the end of unified resistance to the Mongols and inaugurated two centuries of the Mongol domination of Rus.