THE BATTLE OF SYNI VODY (1362)
The Battle of Syni Vody, despite its importance in the history of Ukraine, was for a long time out of the scholars' focus. The far events of 1362, when the Ukrainian Podillia was finally freed from the rule of the Golden
Grand Prince Lithuanian Algirdas. Etching from the Description of European Sarmatia, 1578
Horde, were concealed and the Ukrainian historiography preferred the mythical battle of Kulikovo, which was taken by the Russian Imperial and later Soviet propaganda. In contrast to the battle of Kulikovo, the defeat of the army headed by three Horde princes by the troops of Algirdas, the son of Gediminas, in the battle of Syni Vody indeed took place, which has been confirmed by varied archeological and historiographic evidence.
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