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The Cumans defeated united Kievan Rus' forces

• Battle of the Alta River, nomads known as the Polovcians attacked the land of Rus', and Izyaslav, Svyatoslav and Vsevolod went forth against them

• The wrath of God came on us; the Polovets people came and conquered the Russian land. The same year the men of Kiev rescued Vseslav from prison. The same year Svyatoslav defeated the Polovets people rear Snovsk and Izyaslav fled to Poland.

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