Battle of Polkosten (1125)

The'Battle of Polkosten - an episode of Russian-Polovtsian wars, the victory of the squad of the Principality of Pereyaslavl over the army of the Polovtsian nomads in June 1125.

The course of the battle The battle took place on the territory of the Principality of Pereyaslavl near the walls of the chronicle city of Polkosten (now the village of Povstin, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine). After the news of the death of Vladimir Monomakh, the Polovtsians decided to raid the territory of the Principality of Pereyaslavl. They attempted unsuccessfully to take the cities of Baruch and Bronknyazha, but devastated Posulye. Pereyaslavl prince Yaropolk Vladimirovich, came out against the Polovtsians, without waiting for help from Kiev and Chernigov. The Polovtsians had a numerical advantage, but the battle was won by the army of Pereyaslav led by Yaropolk Vladimirovich. As reported by the Kiev Chronicle, part of the Polovtsians was killed, and part drowned in the river. This was one of the few cases in which Pereyaslavl managed to repel the Polovtsian invasion by their own forces.

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