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Battle of the Vedrosha River
	Part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars
	; Map of army movements in 1500
Date	14 July 1500
Location	Vedrosha River, 50 km west of Kaluga
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Grand Duchy of Moscow
Commanders and leaders
Prince Konstantin Ostrogski	Prince Daniil Shchenya
Strength
40,000	40,000
Casualties and losses
5,000 to 8,000 dead; 500 taken captive	unknown

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The Battle of the Vedrosha River took place during the Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War which ended with a decisive Muscovite victory and proved to be of strategic significance. It was carried out on 14 July 1500,^[1] some 50 km to the west of Kaluga, between forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, under command of Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky and Muscovite army under Prince Daniil Shchenya.^[3]

The battle occurred due to the carelessness of the Lithuanian hetman, who, without waiting for the entire army to concentrate, attacked an enemy five times larger in number. The skilled Russian commander employed similar tactics that proved successful for the Russian army in the Battle of Kulikovo. Vedrosha was a crushing victory for the Muscovites. Some 8,000 Lithuanians were killed, and many more were taken prisoner, including Prince Konstantin Ostrogski,^[3] the first ever Grand Hetman of Lithuania.

After the battle the Lithuanians lost the possibility for military initiative and restricted themselves to defensive actions.

Comments by contemporaries

The battle was described by Sigismund von Herberstein in his Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii (1549). Herberstein acidly commented that "in one battle and in one year the Grand Duke of Moscow achieved what Grand Duke Vytautas had spent all his life in achieving".

References

^ ^a ^b Russia, 1462–1584, J.L.I. Fennell, The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 2, The Reformation, 1520–1559, ed. G.R. Elton, (Cambridge University Press, 1990), 599.
^ ^a ^b Zimin 1982, p. 186.
^ ^a ^b ^c The Muscovite Dynastic Crisis of 1497-1502, John V. A. Fine Jr., Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 8, (1966), 213.

Sources

Zimin, Aleksandr A. (1982). "Победа при Ведроши" [Victory at Vedrosha]. Россия на рубеже XV—XVI столетий [Russia at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries] (in Russian). Moscow: Myslʹ. Retrieved 1 July 2023.

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Data on strength and losses (Russian)

54°49′07″N 33°28′37″E / 54.8186°N 33.4769°E / 54.8186; 33.4769

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[Fennell599-1] Russia, 1462–1584, J.L.I. Fennell, The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 2, The Reformation, 1520–1559, ed. G.R. Elton, (Cambridge University Press, 1990), 599.

[FOOTNOTEZimin1982186-2] Zimin 1982, p. 186.

[Fine213-3] The Muscovite Dynastic Crisis of 1497-1502, John V. A. Fine Jr., Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 8, (1966), 213.

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+The '''Battle of the Vedrosha River''' took place during the [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars#Second war (1500–1503)|Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War]] which ended with a decisive [[Principality of Moscow|Muscovite]] victory and proved to be of strategic significance. It was carried out on 14 July 1500,<ref name="Fennell599" /> some 50&nbsp;km to the west of [[Kaluga]], between forces of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]], under command of Prince [[Konstanty Ostrogski|Konstantin Ostrozhsky]] and Muscovite army under Prince [[Daniil Shchenya]].<ref name="Fine213" />
-The skilled Russian commander employed similar tactics that proved successful for the Russian army in the [[Battle of Kulikovo]]. Vedrosha was a crushing victory for the Russians. Some 8,000 Lithuanians were killed, and many more were taken prisoner, including Prince Konstantin Ostrogski,<ref name="Fine213" /> the first ever [[Grand Hetman of Lithuania]].
+The battle occurred due to the carelessness of the Lithuanian [[hetman]], who, without waiting for the entire army to concentrate, attacked an enemy five times larger in number. The skilled Russian commander employed similar tactics that proved successful for the Russian army in the [[Battle of Kulikovo]]. Vedrosha was a crushing victory for the Muscovites. Some 8,000 Lithuanians were killed, and many more were taken prisoner, including Prince Konstantin Ostrogski,<ref name="Fine213" /> the first ever [[Grand Hetman of Lithuania]].
 After the battle the Lithuanians lost the possibility for military initiative and restricted themselves to defensive actions.