Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoy after the Kulikov Battle (September 8, 1380)
Author: Orest Kiprensky
Year: 1805
Location: The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Kulikovo, battle of, 1380, victory of Grand Duke
Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow over Khan Mamai of the
Golden Horde. The battle was fought on a plain by the Don near the present village of Kurkino, Russia, SE of Tula. Although the victory was the first Russian defeat of the Tatars, it did not eliminate Mongol rule, which endured for another century.