Battle of the Terek: Timur vs. Tokhtamysh (II) and the Collapse of the Golden Horde

1395 CE · Terek Irmağı, Kuzey Kafkasya · military

On 15 April 1395 Timur decisively defeated Tokhtamysh on the banks of the Terek River; Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, and the trading cities of the Volga were plundered.

**Significance:** the Golden Horde never recovered; a power vacuum arose in the Dasht-i Qipchaq and the northern branch of the Silk Road collapsed.

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On 15 April 1395 Timur decisively defeated Tokhtamysh on the banks of the Terek River; Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, and the trading cities of the Volga were plundered.
When did Battle of the Terek: Timur vs. Tokhtamysh (II) and the Collapse of the Golden Horde happen?
1395 CE
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Terek Irmağı, Kuzey Kafkasya