On 6 December 1240, the city of Kyiv, a bastion of Eastern European civilisation, succumbed to the Mongol onslaught led by Batu Khan after an arduous eight-day siege.
The once-thriving metropolis, home to 50,000 souls, was reduced to ashes and despair, its monumental churches and cultural treasures obliterated under the relentless fury of the invaders.
Batu Khan’s forces razed the city to the ground, sparing only a paltry 2,000 survivors from the massacre, marking a devastating chapter in Kyiv’s history and a poignant reminder of the Mongol Empire’s relentless expansion across Europe.
