siege, notable, medieval

Sack of Kyiv

Name: Sack of Kyiv
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine

Sack of Kyiv was a siege conducted in 1169 at Kyiv, in what is now Ukraine. The recorded result: Coalition victory.

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Взятие Киева в 1169 году. Миниатюра из Радзивилловской летописи, XV век, Библиотека Академии наук, Санкт-Петербург. The original uploader was Fred at Russian Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1169

WhereKyiv, Ukraine50.450N, 30.524E

OutcomeCoalition victory

BelligerentsIziaslavichi of Volhynia: Principality of Kiev; Principality of Volhynia; Novgorod Republic; Principality of HalychagainstCoalition: Yurievichi of Suzdalia; Olgovichi of Chernigov; Rostislavichi of Smolensk

Record

Date	1169 (year precision) to 12 March 1169
Place	Kyiv, Ukraine 50.450N, 30.524E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Mstislav II of Kiev	Andrey Bogolyubsky Sviatoslav III of Kiev Roman I of Kiev

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

Nearest engagements

Siege of Kyiv 1240, 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.

Elsewhere in 1169

Sack of Kyiv is one of 438 engagements of the 12th century in the atlas and one of 301 in present-day Ukraine.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4110452, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Sack of Kiev (1169), revision 1370729582, 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.