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⚔️ November 11 – the end of the Great Stand on the Ugra River – a memorable date in Russia's military history.
#OTD in 1480, after more than a month of confrontation on the banks of the Ugra River, Akhmat, Khan of the Great Horde, ordered his army to retreat. His withdrawal marked the end of the Tatar yoke, which had lasted for more than two centuries, and ushered in a new era for an independent Russian state.
By 1480, Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow had brought much of the Russian lands under his authority. By ceasing to pay tribute to the Horde, he had asserted the independence of Rus’. That spring, Khan Akhmat marched towards the Russian frontier with a large army, determined to reassert his authority by force.
🌊 At the mouth of the Ugra River, Akhmat found a Russian army waiting on the opposite bank. Its commanders had secured the fords and other crossing points. On October 8, the Horde’s forces tried to cross, but the Russian warriors repelled them, and the two armies settled into a standoff that would last just over a month.
As the cold set in, Akhmat’s supplies ran low. The reinforcements he expected from his Lithuanian allies never arrived. Meanwhile, detachments sent by Ivan III raided the Horde’s lightly defended rear.
🏳️ On November 11, 1480, Akhmat gave the order to retreat.
Thus, Rus’ had finally broken free of the yoke, without the pitched battle both sides had expected. The Great Stand on the Ugra became a symbol of the rebirth of Russian sovereignty and of Moscow’s emergence as the country’s political and spiritual centre.
📹 © Russian Military Historical Society
#OTD in 1480, after more than a month of confrontation on the banks of the Ugra River, Akhmat, Khan of the Great Horde, ordered his army to retreat. His withdrawal marked the end of the Tatar yoke, which had lasted for more than two centuries, and ushered in a new era for an independent Russian state.
By 1480, Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow had brought much of the Russian lands under his authority. By ceasing to pay tribute to the Horde, he had asserted the independence of Rus’. That spring, Khan Akhmat marched towards the Russian frontier with a large army, determined to reassert his authority by force.
🌊 At the mouth of the Ugra River, Akhmat found a Russian army waiting on the opposite bank. Its commanders had secured the fords and other crossing points. On October 8, the Horde’s forces tried to cross, but the Russian warriors repelled them, and the two armies settled into a standoff that would last just over a month.
As the cold set in, Akhmat’s supplies ran low. The reinforcements he expected from his Lithuanian allies never arrived. Meanwhile, detachments sent by Ivan III raided the Horde’s lightly defended rear.
🏳️ On November 11, 1480, Akhmat gave the order to retreat.
Thus, Rus’ had finally broken free of the yoke, without the pitched battle both sides had expected. The Great Stand on the Ugra became a symbol of the rebirth of Russian sovereignty and of Moscow’s emergence as the country’s political and spiritual centre.
📹 © Russian Military Historical Society
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