Kulikovo Field

Kulikovo Field (Russian: Куликово поле, or Kulikovo Pole; lit. "snipes' field") is a field in Tula Oblast in Russia where the famous Battle of Kulikovo took place on September 8 of 1380. As established by Stepan Nechayev, the battlefield is located between the rivers of Nepryadva, Krasivaya Mecha, and Don some 140 km away from Tula and 23 km away from the Kulikovo Pole railway station. Today, Kulikovo Field is home for a museum complex which includes a 28-metre column on the Red Hill (Красный Холм) built in 1848-1850, and a memorial church in honour of Sergius of Radonezh (built in 1913-1918 according to a design by Alexey Shchusev) that is now the Kulikovo Field Museum.

Kulikovo Field

Kulikovo Field (Russian: Куликово поле, or Kulikovo Pole; lit. "snipes' field") is a field in Tula Oblast in Russia where the famous Battle of Kulikovo took place on September 8 of 1380. As established by Stepan Nechayev, the battlefield is located between the rivers of Nepryadva, Krasivaya Mecha, and Don some 140 km away from Tula and 23 km away from the Kulikovo Pole railway station. Today, Kulikovo Field is home for a museum complex which includes a 28-metre column on the Red Hill (Красный Холм) built in 1848-1850, and a memorial church in honour of Sergius of Radonezh (built in 1913-1918 according to a design by Alexey Shchusev) that is now the Kulikovo Field Museum.