The Yaroslavichi join forces and march north,…

1067 CE

The Yaroslavichi join forces and march north, coming upon Vseslav's army in the deep snow on the Niamiha River on March 3 and defeating him.

The precise course of battle is unknown, though it has become legendary as a bloodbath; The Tale of Igor's Campaign referred to "the bloody banks of the Nemiga" being sown not with blessings but with bones.

Vseslav flees back Polotsk and the Yaroslav princes do not pursue him.

However, in June, after the battle, the Yaroslav princes call for negotiations, “kiss the cross” (take an oath) and make promises of future safety; Vseslav is invited to Iziaslav's camp to celebrate the peace and is promptly arrested together with two of his sons and taken to prison in Kiev.

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Minsk Minsk City Belarus View →

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Boleslaw II the Generous View → Iziaslav I of Kiev View → Sviatoslav II of Kiev View → Vseslav of Polotsk View → Vsevolod I of Kiev View →

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Slavs, East View → Oghuz Turks View → Tmutarakan 'Rus, Principality of View → Pechenegs, or Patzinaks View → Rus' people View → Polatsk, Principality of View → Pskov, Principality of (Pskov Republic) View → Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of View → Chernigov (Chernihiv), Principality of View → Pereslavl, Principality of View → Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians) View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Poland of the first Piasts, Kingdom of View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty View →

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Nemiga River, Battle on the View →

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