| Khazar campaign of Svyatoslav | |||||||
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 Svyatoslav I by Eugene Lanceray (1886) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Khazar Khaganate | Kievan Rus | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Svyatoslav I of Kiev | ||||||
Khazar campaign of Svyatoslav (Russian: Хазарский поход Святослава) was a campaign during which the Rus troops led by Svyatoslav Igorevich defeated the neighboring Vyatichi tribe, and also put an end to the Khazar Khaganate.
Campaign
Having gathered a large army, the Russian prince first moved against the Vyatichi, who considered themselves tributaries of the Khazar Khaganate, defeated them and moved to fight against Khazaria. Having learned of this, the Khazar Khagan, together with his army, went to meet Svyatoslav, but Russians defeated him and took Sarkel. After Svyatoslav besieged Itil and took it, the Jews living there decided to make a sortie, but were completely defeated by the army of the Russians. Afterwards Svyatoslav moved to the Terek, to the city of Semender, having defeated it, he took the spoils and went across the Don to Rus'.
Aftermath
As a result of this campaign, the Khazar Khaganate ceased to exist, and the Jews who lived there began to settle in other territories. Rus' became independent from the Khazar Khaganate. But it is noted that the centers of the Khazar state remained until the 11th century.
References
- Perrie 2006, p. 61.
- Karamzin 2023, p. 62.
- Gumilev 2024, pp. 64–64.
- Pashuto 1968, p. 94.
Bibliography
- Gumilev, Lev (2024). от Руси к России [from Rus to Russia] (in Russian). Moscow. ISBN 978-5-17-153493-6.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Karamzin, Nikolai (2023). История государства Российского [History of the Russian state] (in Russian). Moscow: Russian imperial library press. ISBN 978-5-699-25867-3.
- Konovalova, I. (2000). Поход Святослава на восток [Svyatoslav's campaign to the East] (in Russian). Startum Plus.
- Pashuto, Vladimir (1968). Внешняя политика Руси [The foreign policy of Russia] (in Russian). Moscow: Наука.
- Perrie, Maurren (2006). The Cambridge history of Russia. Vol. I: From early Rus' to 1689. Cambridge university Press. ISBN 0-521-81227-5.