Timeline March 1238

Events in March 1238 3

• 1188 – 1238 Yuri II of Vladimir (1188-1238) Died 4 March 1238, aged 49 Yuri II Vsevolodovich was Grand Prince of Vladimir and a leading ruler of northeastern Rus'. He was killed at the Battle of the Sit River while leading his forces against the invading Mongol army of Batu Khan. His death left Vladimir-Suzdal without effective leadership during the Mongol conquest.
• 1238 Siege of Kozelsk Small Rus' town resists the Mongol army for seven weeks The town of Kozelsk held out against Batu Khan's forces for roughly seven weeks, far longer than larger cities had managed, inflicting heavy casualties on the besiegers. When the walls finally fell, the Mongols massacred the population and razed the settlement. Mongol chroniclers reportedly referred to it afterward as the "evil town".
• 1238 Battle of the Sit River Mongol forces crush the last field army of Vladimir-Suzdal A Rus' army led by Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir was annihilated by a Mongol detachment on the Sit River. The defeat eliminated the only organized resistance left in the principality and left northern Rus' open to further Mongol advances. Yuri II was killed in the fighting.