Lithuanian–Muscovite War (1368–1372)
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The Lithuanian–Muscovite War, known in the Rogozh Chronicle as Litovschina (Russian: Литовщина), encompasses three raids by Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Principality of Moscow in 1368, 1370, and 1372. Algirdas organized the raids against Dmitry Donskoy in support of the Principality of Tver, chief rival of Moscow. In 1368 and 1370, Lithuanians besieged Moscow and burned the posad, but did not succeed in taking the city's Kremlin. In 1372, the Lithuanian army was stopped near Lyubutsk where, after a standoff, the Treaty of Lyubutsk was concluded. Lithuanians agreed to cease their aid to Tver, which was defeated in 1375. Mikhail II of Tver had to acknowledge Dmitry as "elder brother".[1]
Lithuanian–Muscovite War | |||||||
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Part of the Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars | |||||||
Algirdas retreats from Moscow in 1370, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Principality of Tver | Principality of Moscow | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Algirdas Mikhail II of Tver Kęstutis |
Dmitry Donskoy Vladimir the Bold |