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Great stand on the Ugra river

Great stand on the Ugra river was a battle fought in 1480 at Ugra, in what is now Russia. It was part of Q12554. The recorded result: Russian victory.

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Standing on the Ugra river. 1480. Miniature in Russian chronicle. XVI century. ‘And our men had beaten many foes with arrows and muskets, and their arrows had fallen between our men, and had nobody hu
Standing on the Ugra river. 1480. Miniature in Russian chronicle. XVI century. ‘And our men had beaten many foes with arrows and muskets, and their arrows had fallen between our men, and had nobody hu. Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1480
WhereUgra, Russia54.567N, 36.050E
OutcomeRussian victory
BelligerentsGrand Duchy of MoscowagainstGreat Horde
Part ofQ12554

Where it sits in Q12554

Breton-Norman War, 1064Battle on Pyana River, 1377Battle of the Vozha River, 1378Siege of Moscow, 1382Great stand on the Ugra river, 148010641480Great stand on the Ugra river, 1480
5 placed engagements of Q12554 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1480 (year precision)
PlaceUgra, Russia
54.567N, 36.050E
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • Ivan III of Russia
  • Ivan Molodoy
Great stand on the Ugra riverGreat stand on the Ugra riverSiege of KalugaBattle of MaloyaroslavetsSiege of KozelskSiege of Borovsk Monastery of St. PaphnutiusBattle of TarutinoSiege of KalugaBattle of MaloyaroslavetsSiege of KozelskSiege of Borovsk Monastery of St. PaphnutiusBattle of TarutinoTulaKalugaVyazmaBogoroditskKirovShchekinoAleksinDyatkovo100 km54.567N, 36.050E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Great stand on the Ugra river
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Great stand on the Ugra river today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 138 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 240 m, 240 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 61% tree cover, 14% grassland, 13% cropland.

tree cover: 61%grassland: 14%cropland: 13%water: 7%built-up: 3%tree cover 61%grassland 14%cropland 13%water 7%built-up 3%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 178 mnorth to south, 10.0 km118 to 203 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1480

Great stand on the Ugra river is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25628, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Great Stand on the Ugra River, revision 1384546272, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.