Tom tau kov yeej tag nrho Middle East thiab Tuam Tshoj, Genghis Khan tau xa peb ntawm nws cov qog, raws li kev txib ntawm Subedei thiab Jochi Khan, kom rov tsim kho thaj tsam dhau ntawm Caucasus. Lub Tatar-Mongolian detachment ntsib muaj cov tub rog Polovtsian, uas tau swb los ntawm lawv. Cov seem ntawm Polovtsy tau thim rov qab hla Dnieper, qhov chaw uas lawv tig mus rau Lavxias tus thawj tswj hwm kom pab.
Lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo 1223, pawg thawj coj loj tau sib sau ua ke, uas tau txiav txim siab los muab kev pabcuam tub rog rau Polovtsian Khan Kotyan. Cov thawj coj ntawm thaj chaw deb, sab qaum teb ntawm Russia tsis kam txhawb cov Polovtsians. Nws tau txiav txim siab tawm tsam ntawm Polovtsian av. Qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov kev txiav txim siab no yog kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kalka. Cov koom haum Lavxias teb sab tau coj los ntawm Mstislav Kyiv, Mstislav Udaloy thiab Mstislav Chernigovskiy. Nrog rau cov Mongolian detachments siab heev, thawj kev sib ntaus sib tua pib tam sim ntawd tom qab hla lub Dnieper. Cov Mongols tsis koom nrog hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab thim rov qab rau yim hnub. Thaum txoj kev ntawm cov tub rog Lavxias teb sab raug thaiv los ntawm tus me me Kalka River, muaj ib tug tub rog pawg sab laj, thaum lub sij hawm cov kev xav ntawm cov thawj coj txawv. Mstislav ntawm Kyiv sib cav txog qhov xav tau kev tiv thaiv, thiab Mstislav Udaloy nrhiav rausib ntaus.
Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kalka pib thaum lub Tsib Hlis 31, 1223. Tub Vaj Ntxwv Mstislav Udaloy, tau tshuaj xyuas lub chaw pw hav zoov Mongol, txiav txim siab tias nws ib leeg yuav tiv thaiv cov yeeb ncuab. Thaum pib, kev sib ntaus sib tua tig mus rau cov neeg Lavxias, tab sis cov Mongols tau xa lub tshuab tseem ceeb tsis mus rau qhov chaw, qhov chaw uas tus huab tais Galician sawv nrog nws pab tub rog, tab sis mus rau sab laug Polovtsian tis. Cov nomads, tsis muaj peev xwm tiv taus qhov kev tawm tsam muaj zog, pib random rov qab. Cov neeg khiav tawm Polovtsian cavalry tsis meej pem cov tub rog Lavxias teb sab, npaj mus taug kev, uas tam sim ntawd nias los ntawm Mongols. Qhov xwm txheej tseem tuaj yeem tau txais kev cawmdim los ntawm Kiev tus huab tais, tab sis tau tsav los ntawm kev chim siab tawm tsam Galician tus huab tais, nws tsis tawm tsam ntawm tus chij ntawm Tatars. Cov tub rog Lavxias tshaj li cov neeg Mongol, tab sis kev tawg ntawm cov detachments thiab kev txaj muag ntawm lub Polovtsy coj mus rau ib tug crushing defeat rau Russia.
Mstislav ntawm Kyiv fortified nws tus kheej nyob rau hauv ib lub toj, qhov twg rau peb hnub nws ntse repelled tag nrho cov tawm tsam ntawm cov tub rog Tatar. Tom qab ntawd cov Mongols mus rau qhov ua kom yuam kev, tus thawj coj ntawm roamers Ploskinya hnia tus ntoo khaub lig nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm Kiev tub huabtais, qhia nws tias cov Tatars yuav cia txhua leej txhua tus mus tsev yog hais tias lawv pw lawv txhais tes. Yielding rau kev yaum, Mstislav surrendered, tab sis cov Mongols tsis khaws lawv cov lus. Tag nrho cov tub rog zoo tib yam raug coj mus ua qhev, thiab cov thawj coj thiab cov thawj coj tub rog tau muab tso rau hauv pem teb, uas lawv zaum rau noj hmo, ua kev zoo siab rau kev yeej. Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kalka tau dhau ntawm peb hnub.
Mongolian cov tub rog sim txuas ntxiv kev tawm tsam ntawm thaj av ntawm Chernigov Thawj Tswj Hwm, tab sis ntsib nrog thawj lub nroog muaj zog - Novgorod Seversky,rov qab mus rau steppes. Yog li ntawd, kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kalka tau tso cai rau Mongols los ua kev soj ntsuam zoo hauv kev quab yuam. Lawv txaus siab rau cov tub rog Lavxias, tab sis nyob rau hauv lawv tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau Genghis Khan, tsis muaj kev sib koom ua ke nyob rau hauv Lavxias teb sab princes tshwj xeeb tshaj yog sau tseg. Thaum lub sij hawm invasion ntawm Batu Khan mus rau Russia nyob rau hauv 1239, lub fragmentation ntawm Russia mus rau hauv lub hauv paus tseem ceeb tau dav siv los ntawm Mongols.
Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm tus dej Kalka qhia tias qhov tsis sib haum xeeb hauv kev ua tuaj yeem ua rau. Cov tub rog Lavxias raug kev puas tsuaj loj, tsis pub ntau tshaj ib feem kaum ntawm cov tub rog rov qab los tsev. Ntau tus nom tswv tub rog thiab tub huabtais tuag lawm. Kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kalka qhia lub zog ntawm tus yeeb ncuab tshiab rau Lavxias tus thawj coj, tab sis cov lus qhia tsis tau kawm thiab kev cuam tshuam ntawm Mongol-Tatar hordes ntawm Lavxias teb sab av uas ua raws li 16 xyoo tom qab qeeb kev loj hlob ntawm Russia yuav luag ob thiab. ib nrab centuries.