The Battle on the Irpen' River (as referred to in historic chronicles) occurred in 1321 between the armies of Gediminas (Gedimin), the Grand Duke of Lithuania, and knyaz (prince) Stanislav of Kiev, allied with knyaz Oleg of Pereyaslavl' and knyaz Roman of Bryansk. In the fierce battle at the small river of Irpen' (Irpin'), Gediminas resoundly defeated Stanislav and his allies. He then besieged and conquered Kiev sending Stanislav, the last descendant of the Rurik Dynasty to ever rule Kiev, into exile. As the result of these events the rulers of Kiev and other lands that used to be in the heartland of Kievan Rus had to accept the seniority of Lithuanian Grand Dukes. Generally a chronicle (Latin chronica) is historical account of facts and events in chronological order. ... Events Births Deaths September 14 - Dante Alighieri - author of The Divine Comedy, one of the great classics of World Literature and a foundation of Italian Literature, also considered a great masterpiece of Christian literature. ... Gediminas, duke of Lithuania - engraving of XVII ct. ... The presumable banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the coat of arms, called Пагоня in Belarusian, Vytis in Lithuanian and Pogoń in Polish Another version of the Lithuanian banner The Grand Duchy of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė, Belarusian: Вялі́кае Кня́ства Літо́ўскае (ВКЛ), Ukrainian: Велике Князівство Литовське (ВКЛ... Kniaz’ or knyaz (князь in Russian and Ukrainian; cneaz in Romanian fem. ... Knyaz Stanislav of Kiev was the last Kiev ruler of the Rurik Dynasty. ... Length 162 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed - km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Kyivske reservoir of the Dnieper Basin countries Ukraine Irpin’ (Ukrainian: Ірпінь; Russian: Ирпень), often called Irpen’ as its name is pronounced in Russian, is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary... Length 162 km Elevation of the source - m Average discharge - m³/s Area watershed - km² Origin Ukraine Mouth Kyivske reservoir of the Dnieper Basin countries Ukraine Irpin’ (Ukrainian: Ірпінь; Russian: Ирпень), often called Irpen’ as its name is pronounced in Russian, is a river in Ukraine, a right tributary... Kiev (Київ, Kyiv, in Ukrainian; Киев, Kiev, in Russian) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper river. ... The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Russia from 862 to 1598. ... Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (ru: Ки́ев, Kiev; uk: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ...

External references

• [1] (http://www.lgz.ru/archives/html_arch/lg032004/Tetrad/art12_10.htm) an article in Literaturnaya Gazeta, in Russian.
• [2] (http://gumilevica.kulichki.net/R2R/r2r02b.htm#r2r02chapter3) a chapter of From Rus to Russia, by Lev Gumilyov, in Russian.