Battle on Pyana River
The Battle on Pyana River (Russian: Сражение на реке Пьяне) took place on August 2, 1377 on the Pyana River between the Golden Horde under Arab Shah (Arapsha) and a Russian alliance under Prince Ivan Dmitriyevich, made up of the Pereyaslavl, Yaroslavl, Yuryev, Nizhny Novgorod, and Murom principalities.
| Battle on Pyana River (1377) | |||||||
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| Part of the Great Troubles | |||||||
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Pereyaslavl Yaroslavl Yuryev Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Murom | Golden Horde | ||||||
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| Ivan Dmitriyevich † |
Arab Shah Albuga | ||||||
The Russian army, being drunken, was almost entirely routed by small forces of Arapsha, while Ivan Dmitriyevich had drowned together with druzhina and staff. The river's name Pyana, translated as "drunken" from Russian, is derived from those events. The corresponding events are further recorded in the medieval Russian Chronicle On The Slaughter at Pyana River.
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