Battle of the Cheryomukha River (1436)

The Battle of the River Czyorye is the battle of the troops of the rebellious Prince of Zvenigorod Vasily Kosoy with the troops of the Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily II on the Chereko River, which happened in 1436, during the feudal war of the Russian state of 1425-1453.

Prehistory For a long time there was an internecine war between Yuri Zvenigorodsky with his sons and Vasily the Dark. After the death of Prince Yuri in 1434, the struggle for the Moscow throne was continued by his son Vasily. After another loss of Vasily Yurievich, in 1435 a truce was taken between him and Vasily the Dark - he recognized himself as a "younger brother". From the Moscow prince Vasily Kosoy received the inheritance of Dmitrov. However, in the winter of 1435-1436 he again undertook military operations and captured Galich and Uglich ..

Progress of the battle Before the battle Vasili Kosoy concluded a short truce with Vasily the Dark, for the talks was sent a monk Rusan from the Borisoglebsk monastery [3]. However, the prince of Zvenigorod was the first to break this truce and acted with troops from the village of Boltino, after the Moscow prince dissolved his regiments. The battle took place on May 14, 1436 in the Rostov land on the river Cerekh, between the Volga and the Big village. The Moscow prince managed to quickly assemble troops and fight back. Vasily Kosoy's army was defeated, and he tried to escape, but was captured by Boris Tobolin and Prince Ivan Drutsky .. As part of the army of Basil Kosoy there were 400 vyatchan, led by the governors Woodpecker and Semyon Zhadovsky.

Results People of the Moscow prince Vasily Kosoy was taken to Moscow and there on May 21, 1436, by order of Vasily the Dark, was blinded. Other participants in the battle were also affected - the governor Woodpecker was hanged in Moscow, and Semyon Zhadovsky was killed by cocks by the Pereyaslav mob. .