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Topic: Irpin River, Battle on the

Irpin River, Battle on the

Years: 1322 - 1322

The Battle on the Irpin River is a semi-legendary battle between the armies of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Principality of Kiev.

According to the story, Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, conquered Volhynia before turning his attention to Kiev. He was opposed by Prince Stanislav of Kiev allied with the Principality of Pereyaslavl and Bryansk.

Lithuanians achieved a great victory and extended their influence to Kiev.

There are no contemporary sources that attest to the battle

It is known only from late and generally unreliable Lithuanian Chronicles.

Therefore, historians disagree whether it was an actual battle in the early 1320s or a fictional story invented by later scribes.

Lithuanians will gain full control of the city only in 1362 after the Battle of Blue Waters against the Golden Horde.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)