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Don (river)

Russian river, fifth-longest river in Europe

7 dated entries naming Don (river), drawn from 7 separate years between 330 CE and 1696 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Don River (Russia), Don River, Russia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century

  • 330The Goths devastate the city of Tanais, in the Don River Delta.source
  • 373Battle of the Tanais River: The Huns defeat the Alans near the Don, sending the remnants fleeing westward.source

10th century

  • 963Sviatoslav 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.source
  • 965The 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.source

13th century

  • 1223The 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.source

17th century

  • 1695April 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.source
  • 1696July 18 – Azov campaign: The Russian fleet occupies Azov at the mouth of the river Don.source

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