siege, notable, medieval

Siege of Kyiv

Name: Siege of Kyiv
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Siege of Kyiv was a siege conducted in 1240 at Kyiv, in what is now Ukraine. It was part of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', which ran from 1223 to 1240. The recorded result: Mongol victory. Recorded strength: Unknown; probably large against ~1,000.

See it on the globe Read the article

Siege of Kiev by Batu in 1240 (miniature from the Russian Facial chronicle of the 16th century). "From a number of projectile weapons, the Tatars fired non-stop day and night; and the townspeople resi. Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1240

WhereKyiv, Ukraine50.450N, 30.524E

OutcomeMongol victory

BelligerentsMongol EmpireagainstGalicia–Volhynia

Casualties and lossesUnknown, probably minorand~48,000 (including noncombatants) killed

Part ofMongol invasion of Kievan Rus'1223 to 1240

Where it sits in the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

8 placed engagements of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1240 (year precision) to 6 December 1240
Place	Kyiv, Ukraine 50.450N, 30.524E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Territorial change	Kiev plundered; Most civilians slaughtered
Strength	Unknown; probably large	~1,000
Casualties and losses	Unknown, probably minor	~48,000 (including noncombatants) killed
Commanders	Batu Khan	Voivode Dmitr

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Sack of Kyiv 1169, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv AD 968, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv 1658, same recorded site
Siege of Kyiv 1036, same recorded site
Battle of Kiev 1943, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 11 times between AD 968 and 1943.

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Sit River 4 March 1238
After: Battle of Kulikovo 8 September 1380
All 8 engagements of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

Elsewhere in 1240

Siege of Kyiv is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 301 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q815162, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Kiev (1240), revision 1370742471, 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.