Battle of Borysthenes
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The Battle of Borysthenes of 1512 was a battle of the Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars. The Polish
forces under Sigismund I
defeated the Muscovite
army of 80,000. The Russian side suffered enormous casualties.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
forces under Sigismund I
Sigismund I
Sigismund I may refer to:*Sigismund of Burgundy , King of the Burgundians*Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor *Sigismund, Archduke of Austria *Sigismund of Bavaria , Duke of Bavaria...
defeated the Muscovite
Muscovite
Muscovite is a phyllosilicate mineral of aluminium and potassium with formula KAl22, or 236. It has a highly-perfect basal cleavage yielding remarkably-thin laminæ which are often highly elastic...
army of 80,000. The Russian side suffered enormous casualties.