Battle of the Supoy River (1135)

Battle of the Supoe River date	August 8, 1135 A place	R. Soup near Pereyaslavl Cause	Ol'govichi support Mstislavichi claims Total	Victory of the Olgovichi and their allies Opponents • Kiev principality • Principality of Turov • Principality of Pereyaslav • Volyn Principality

• Chernigov principality • Polovtsi

Commanders • Yaropolk Vladimirovich • Vyacheslav Vladimirovich • Yury Dolgoruky • Andrey Vladimirovich Dobry

• Vsevolod Olgovich

The battle on the Supoe River - the battle of August 8, 1135, in which the Kiev prince and his allies were defeated by the Olgovichi and Polovtsy.

Background
In 1132 there was a break of the younger Monomakh with nephews, Mstislavich, when Izyaslav Mstislavich was twice expelled from the prince's tables by Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, and Vsevolod Mstislavich - by Yuri Vladimirovich.

The chronicle names the gap between Yaropolk of Kiev and Vsevolod Olgovich by what Yaropolk gave Pereyaslavl to Yury Dolgoruky after Vyacheslav left him in Turov.

Yaropolk, Yuri and Andrew invaded the vicinity of Chernigov, burnt villages and laid siege to the city. It is known about the sortie undertaken by Vsevolod. After a few days of siege, the Allies left the Chernigov principality and dismissed the troops, without securing the success of any peace agreement. Meanwhile, the Polovtsy came to the aid of Vsevolod, changing the balance of forces, and Vsevolod went on the offensive. Having ravaged a part of Pereyaslavl lands, on November 30 he burned Gorodets-Ostersky. Having stood for 3 days on the opposite side of Kiev on the Dnieper, Vsevolod returned to Chernigov, from where he sent a request that our father kept with your father, and we want the same (it was about Kursk, given by Vsevolod to Mstislav the Great in 1127for non-interference in the power struggle in Chernigov ). Also, the Olgovichi accused the Monomakhs of any subsequent bloodshed and reminded you that you were the first to destroy us.

In winter, followed by a new collection of Kiev and Pereyaslav troops and the campaign of Novgorod and Mstislavichi in the Volga possession of Yuri Dolgoruky. Yaropolk and Vsevolod concluded a peace, according to which Izyaslav Mstislavich received the Volyn principality (Andrei Dobry was transferred to Pereyaslavl), but in the summer of the same 1135 Vsevolod besieged Pereyaslavl.

The course of events Yaropolk with his brothers brought troops to the headwaters of Supo. According to the chronicles, the Vladimirovichs overestimated their forces and fought with the enemy even before they had fully concentrated and equipped their troops. It was possible to achieve private success: the senior squad overturned the Polovtsy and began to pursue them. Meanwhile, the rest of the troops could not resist the Olgovichi and retreated, the banner was captured by the Olgovichi.

The boyars returned from persecution began to gather under the enemy Yaropolk raised by the enemy and were captured in large numbers, including tysyatsky. Among the dead was Vasilko, the son of Leon and the daughter of Vladimir Monomakh.

Results After the victory, Vsevolod stood opposite Vyshgorod in the area between the Dnieper and the Desna and stood for 7 days. Yaropolk gathered a new army in Kiev and did not yield to the requirements of Vsevolod. Then he crossed the Dnieper and began to ravage the environs of Trepol, Krasna, Vasilyev, Belgorod. Yaropolk led an army against him, but did not dare to attack, and on January 12, 1136, he gave Kursk to the Olgovichi.