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Burundai or Buruldai (d.1282) was a notable Mongol general of the mid XIII century. He participated in the Mongol invasion of Russia and Europe
Mongol invasion of Europe

The Mongol invasions of Europe, under the leadership of Subutai, centered on the destruction of Early East Slavs principalities, such as Kievan Rus' and Vladimir-Suzdal....
 in 1236-1242.

His name is mentioned as Bujgai or Bujakh in the Secret History of the Mongols
The Secret History of the Mongols

The Secret History of the Mongols is the oldest surviving Mongolian language literary work. It was written for the Mongol Empire royal family some time after Genghis Khan's death in AD 1227, by an Anonymity author and probably originally in the Mongolian script, though the surviving texts all derive from transcriptions into Chinese chara...
. Serving under 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 later his brother Berke
Berke

Berke Khan was the Khan of the Kipchak or Golden Horde who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Hordes from 1257 to 1266....
, he led a force that overcame the resistance of Danylo of Halych in 1259, and after that alongside Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan

Nogai , also called Isa Nogai, was a general and de facto ruler of the Golden Horde and a great-grandson of Genghis Khan. His father was Baul/Teval Khan, the 7th son of Jochi....
 led a second raid against Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
 and Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, were he invaded the southern border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, but the Lithuanians fled before the decisive battle.






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Burundai or Buruldai (d.1282) was a notable Mongol general of the mid XIII century. He participated in the Mongol invasion of Russia and Europe
Mongol invasion of Europe

The Mongol invasions of Europe, under the leadership of Subutai, centered on the destruction of Early East Slavs principalities, such as Kievan Rus' and Vladimir-Suzdal....
 in 1236-1242.

His name is mentioned as Bujgai or Bujakh in the Secret History of the Mongols
The Secret History of the Mongols

The Secret History of the Mongols is the oldest surviving Mongolian language literary work. It was written for the Mongol Empire royal family some time after Genghis Khan's death in AD 1227, by an Anonymity author and probably originally in the Mongolian script, though the surviving texts all derive from transcriptions into Chinese chara...
. Serving under 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 later his brother Berke
Berke

Berke Khan was the Khan of the Kipchak or Golden Horde who effectively consolidated the power of the Blue Horde and White Hordes from 1257 to 1266....
, he led a force that overcame the resistance of Danylo of Halych in 1259, and after that alongside Nogai Khan
Nogai Khan

Nogai , also called Isa Nogai, was a general and de facto ruler of the Golden Horde and a great-grandson of Genghis Khan. His father was Baul/Teval Khan, the 7th son of Jochi....
 led a second raid against Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
 and Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, were he invaded the southern border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
, but the Lithuanians fled before the decisive battle. After that he plundered several villages of northern Poland and cities such as Sandomierz
Sandomierz

Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
, Zawichost
Zawichost

Zawichost is a small town in Sandomierz County, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland. It is located by the Vistula River in southern Poland, near Sandomierz....
 and Kraków
Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
.

He was probably killed in battle at the Terek River during the Berke-Hulagu war
Berke-Hulagu war

The Berke-Hulagu war was fought between two Mongol leaders: Berke, Khan of the Golden Horde, and Hulagu, khan of the Ilkhanate. It was fought mostly in the Caucasus mountains area in the 1260s after the destruction of Baghdad in 1258....
. His name appears in the Rimsky Korsakov's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya

The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya is an opera in four acts by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on a combination of two Russian legends: that of St....
.

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