After the Mongols sacked his capital,
Vladimir on the Klyazma, Yuri fled north across the
Volga to
Yaroslavl, where he hastily assembled an army. He and his brothers then marched back toward Vladimir in the hope of relieving the city, but they arrived too late. Yuri dispatched a force of 3,000 men under Dorozh to determine the location of the Mongol army. Dorozh returned with the report that Yuri’s force was already surrounded. As Yuri attempted to form his troops for battle, they were attacked by the Mongol detachment under
Burundai. Yuri fled but was overtaken on the Sit River and killed there along with his nephew, Prince Vsevolod of Yaroslavl. == Aftermath ==