Burundai or
Borolday (d.1282) was
a notable
Mongol general of the mid
XIII century. He participated in the
Mongol invasion of Russia and
Europe in 1236-1242.
His name is mentioned as Bujgai or Bujakh in
the Secret History of the
Mongols.
In 1238, Borolday or Burundai crushed the
army of Yuri II, the Grand Prince of Vladimir
, at the
battle of the Sit River
where the doom of Russia was solved for next 250 years.
Serving
under Batu Khan and later his brother
Berke, he led a force that overcame the
resistance of Danylo of Halych in
1259, and after that alongside Nogai Khan
led a second raid against Lithuania
and Poland
, were he
invaded the southern border of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but the Lithuanians fled before the decisive
battle. After that he plundered several villages of
northern Poland and cities such as Sandomierz
, Zawichost
and Kraków
.
He was probably killed in battle at the
Terek River during the
Berke-Hulagu war. His name appears in the
Rimsky Korsakov's opera
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden
Fevroniya.
Sources
- Ж.Бор - Монгол хийгээд Евразийн дипломат шаштир боть
2
- Rene Grousset - The Empire of the Steppes
- Rashid ad-Din - The History of the World
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