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Battle of Lipitsa

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1216 · Lipitsa River, near Yuryev-Polsky · Eastern Europe & Russia · War

The sons of Vsevolod the Big Nest clash in the bloodiest feud

Battle of Lipitsa
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The dispute over Vsevolod the Big Nest's inheritance was settled near Yuryev-Polsky. Men of Novgorod, Smolensk and Rostov under Mstislav the Bold and Konstantin Vsevolodovich routed the armies of his brothers Yuri and Yaroslav. Konstantin won the throne of Vladimir; the chronicles count it among the bloodiest civil battles of Rus'.

State: Principality of Rostov-Suzdal, Kievan Rus'

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