589 years ago, the Mari and Merya defeated the Muscovites on Kusi river
The battle took place on September 28, 1434. The Mari and Meryan volunteer corps of Vetluga and Galich-Mer lands, led by the brothers Dmitriy Shemyaka and Vasiliy Kosoy, defeated the troops of the Moscow prince Vasiliy II the Dark, led by voevoda Yuriy Patrikeevich.
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