Battle of Rostovets (1176)

The Battle of Rostovtz date 1176

The result Victory of the Polovtsians

Opponents The Kiev Principality

Polovtsy

Commanders Rurik Rostislavich (prince of Kiev), Yaropolk Romanovich , Mstislav Romanovich Old

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The battle of Rostovtsev is a battle near the ancient city of Rostovets (now the village of Rostovka, Vinnytsia region), which occurred on the " mermaid week " in 1176 between the troops of the Kiev principality and the Polovtsians, won by the Polovtsians.

It happened in the reign of Roman Rostislavich in Kiev. Upon learning of the Polovtsian invasion of Porosye, Roman sent troops against them, led by his brother Rurik , the sons of Yaropolk and Mstislav. Details of the battle are unknown. Annals indicates that Davyd Rostislavich not participated in the campaign, for which after the defeat of the Russian troops Svyatoslav Chernigov demanded Roman deprive Davyd possessions in the Russian land (in Kiev principality), but the author of " Lay " treated to Rurik and Davydou generalized, reminding them of this defeat: "Do not I yank the husk with the blood of a swimmer? ".

Roman did not dare punish his brother, after which Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich, relying on the allied squads of the Olgovichi and Polovtsian assistance, became the prince of Kiev (definitively after the death of Roman in 1180 ) and the organizer of joint campaigns of the Russian principalities against the Polovtsians, including in the steppe.