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Siege of Moscow

Siege of Moscow was a siege conducted in 1382 at Moscow, in what is now Russia. It was part of Q12554. The recorded result: Golden Horde victory.

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Medieval illumination representing defense of en:Moscow from the hordes of en:Tokhtamysh.
Medieval illumination representing defense of en:Moscow from the hordes of en:Tokhtamysh.. Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1382
WhereMoscow, Russia55.756N, 37.618E
OutcomeGolden Horde victory
BelligerentsGolden Horde Golden Horde; 14px Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdalagainst22px Principality of Moscow
Casualties and lossesGolden Horde Unknownand22px 24,000 killed
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, 148010641480Siege of Moscow, 1382
5 placed engagements of Q12554 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1382 (year precision)
to 27 August 1382
PlaceMoscow, Russia
55.756N, 37.618E
KindSiege, medieval
Territorial changeSack of Serpukhov, Pereyaslavl, and Kolomna
Casualties and lossesGolden Horde Unknown22px 24,000 killed
Commanders
  • Tokhtamysh
  • Dmitry Donskoy
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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 Siege of Moscow
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Siege of Moscow today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-09-23. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 158 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 111 to 201 m, 90 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 85% built-up, 12% tree cover, 3% water.

built-up: 85%tree cover: 12%water: 3%built-up 85%tree cover 12%water 3%
west to east, 10.0 km123 to 173 mnorth to south, 10.0 km120 to 170 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

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1238 and 1941.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1382

Siege of Moscow is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2618099, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Moscow (1382), revision 1384808016, 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.