Battle of the Vikhra River (1386)

The Battle of the Vikhra River took place on 29 April 1386, on the Vikhra River (old name - Vehra River) near Mstislavl in which the Lithuanian army defeated the army of the Principality of Smolensk}Prince of Smolensk Svyatoslav Ivanovich, who was trying to reconquer the Principality of Mstislav, which he had lost earlier.

The army of Smolensk besieged Vitebsk and Orsha, but could not take them. Svyatoslav Ivanovich devastated many the lands on the Lithuanian border ownership and besieged Mstislavl, which was defended by [[Karigaila (c1364-1390)|Karigaila Olgerdovich . The Polish king Jagiello sent to the aid of his younger brother, a great army under the command of the Lithuanian princes Skirgaylo, Koribut , Lugveniya and Vytautas . The result of the battle was a complete rout of the Smolensk troops and the death of Svyatoslav as Ivanovic and prince Ivan . Two sons of Svyatoslav, Gleb Svyatoslavich and Yuri Svyatoslavich were seriously wounded and taken prisoner. Smolensk principality was forced to accept vassalage from Lithuania [2] . On the table was seated Smolensk Yury Svyatoslavich while Hleb Svyatoslavich was taken away as a hostage in Lithuania. Performance together with the capture of Smolensk in February 1386 Andrew Olgerdovich Lukoml near Vitebsk and invasion of the Livonian Knights in the western regions of the Lithuanian counteract the union of Lithuania and Poland [3] , in which Skirgaylo became governor of Jagiello, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. A year later, Andrei of Polotsk Olgerdovich lost in favor of Skirgayla.