pereiaslaf

Updated: May 16, 2025

Its population was exterminated, and the prince Vassili, still a child, was "drowned in blood." The two following years, 1239-1240, were spent by the Tartars in ravaging Southern Russia. They burned Pereiaslaf and Tchernigoff, defended with desperation by its princes.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 : (From Barbarossa to Dante)