battle, medieval

Battle of the Vikhra River

Name: Battle of the Vikhra River
Start: 1386-04-29
Location: Vikhra, Russia

Battle of the Vikhra River was a battle fought on 29 April 1386 at Vikhra, in what is now Russia. The recorded result: Lithuanian victory.

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Battle between the armies of Smolensk and Lithuania on the Vikhra River near Mstislavl in April 1386. Miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible. Armoured horsemen fight with lances. Anonymous Russian manuscript illuminators, 1560-1570s Facial Chronicle (Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible) (in , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought29 April 1386

WhereVikhra, Russia54.028N, 31.737E

OutcomeLithuanian victory

BelligerentsGrand Duchy of LithuaniaagainstPrincipality of Smolensk

Record

Date	29 April 1386
Place	Vikhra, Russia 54.028N, 31.737E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Commanders	Skirgaila

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Mstislavl 1501, 3.4 km SW
Battle of Malatitze 1708, 23 km SW
Battle of Lenino 1943, 59 km NW
Battle of Krasnoi 1812, 62 km N
Siege of Roslavl 1664, 74 km E

Elsewhere in 1386

Battle of the Vikhra River 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 Q12790010, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Vikhra River, revision 1385667811, 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.