Evpaty Kolovrat

According to the tale, he died while fighting the vastly superior army of the Mongol ruler Batu Khan, trying to avenge the destruction of Ryazan a few weeks earlier.

Learning about the tragedy, he rushed back home, only to find the city destroyed and most its inhabitants killed.

He gathered 1,700 people from his soldiers and from the survivors of the siege and went after Batu Khan with a sole purpose of avenging the carnage.

Kolovrat's forces suddenly attacked the rear-guard of Batu Khan's army and annihilated it in a fierce battle.

[1] The bodies of the princes are brought back to Ryazan by Yuri Ingvarevich and the tale ends with their burial.