{"slug": "don-river", "label": "Don (river)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_%28river%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1229", "qid": "Q1229", "description": "Russian river, fifth-longest river in Europe", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [330, 1696], "span_label": ["330 CE", "1696 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Don River (Russia)", "Don River, Russia"], "related": [{"slug": "kievan-rus", "label": "Kievan Rus'", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "khazars", "label": "Khazars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sviatoslav-i", "label": "Sviatoslav I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "volga", "label": "Volga", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tsardom-of-russia", "label": "Tsardom of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "huns", "label": "Huns", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alans", "label": "Alans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavs", "label": "Slavs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgars", "label": "Bulgars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "caucasus", "label": "Caucasus", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 330, "year_label": "330 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Goths devastate the city of Tanais, in the Don River Delta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368804630#Roman_Empire", "title": "330", "revid": 1368804630, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 373, "year_label": "373 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Tanais River: The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, sending the remnants fleeing westward.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364742164#Europe", "title": "373", "revid": 1364742164, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 963, "year_label": "963 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sviatoslav I, Grand Prince of Kyiv, begins a 2-year campaign in which he will defeat Khazar forces along the Don River – vanquish the Ossetes and the Circassians in the northern Caucasus. He also successfully attacks the Bulgars on the Volga River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272224#Europe", "title": "963", "revid": 1365272224, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 965, "year_label": "965 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Khazar fortress city of Sarkel, located on the Lower Don River, is captured by Kievan Rus' under Grand Prince Sviatoslav I. The city is renamed Belaya Vezha (White Fortress) and settled by Slavs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371364470#Europe", "title": "965", "revid": 1371364470, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1223, "year_label": "1223 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Mongol army invades Polovtsian territory and defeats the Polovtsians in a great battle near the Don River. Several Polovtsian leaders are killed – while the remainder flees westwards, across the Dnieper River, to seek support by various Russian princes. Steppe lands east of the Dnieper fall under Mongol control, Subutai and Jebe raise the wealthy city of Astrakhan on the Volga River. Subutai now parts his forces, he moves south to the Crimea (or Tauric Peninsula), while Jebe travels towards the Dnieper.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1336497375#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1223", "revid": 1336497375, "section": "Events › Other events, by place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700): Russia begins the Azov campaigns (1695–96) against the Ottoman Empire, with 31,000 troops departing to the Ottoman fortress at Azov on the Don River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#April–June", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Azov campaign: The Russian fleet occupies Azov at the mouth of the river Don.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#July–September", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}