# Did Genghis Khan and his troops kill prisoners by banqueting on top of them? - Tags: history, mortality, genghis-khan - Score: 12 - Views: 31,728 - Answers: 1 - Asked by: user7920 - Asked on: Oct 4, 2012 - Last active: Nov 9, 2012 - License: CC BY-SA 3.0 --- ## Question [From Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan#Georgia.2C_Crimea.2C_Kievan_Rus_and_Volga_Bulgaria): > At the Battle of Kalka River in 1223, Subutai's forces defeated the larger Kievan force, while losing the battle of Samara Bend against the neighboring Volga Bulgars – one of the Mongol's few, if not only, utter defeat; the Khwarizmi historian al-Nasawi says only 4,000 survived.\[30\] The Russian princes then sued for peace. Subutai agreed but was in no mood to pardon the princes. As was customary in Mongol society for nobility, the Russian princes were given a bloodless death. **Subutai had a large wooden platform constructed on which he ate his meals along with his other generals. Six Russian princes, including Mstislav III of Kiev, were put under this platform and crushed to death.** "Bad ass of the week" is [another site that mentions](http://www.badassoftheweek.com/khan.html) this along with