The Kalchyk
[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CK%5CA%5CKalkaRiver.htm] ( uk, Кальчик) is a
river in the
Donetsk and
Zaporizhzhia Oblast of
Ukraine. It into the
Kalmius, which it enters near the city of
Mariupol. Supposedly it was the scene of the
Battle of the Kalka River between the
Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous land empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, ...
and
Kievan Rus' in 1223. It was also the scene of a
smaller battle during a Mongol civil war in 1381.
Drainage basins of the Sea of Azov
Rivers of Donetsk Oblast
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