Vozha River
Coordinates: 54°43′00″N 39°26′39″E / 54.7167°N 39.4442°E
Vozha River at Rybnoye
The Vozha (Russian: Во́жа) is a river in Ryazan Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Oka River, and is 103 kilometers (64 mi) long.
The town of Rybnoye is situated by the Vozha.
In August 1378, Muscovite prince Dmitry Donskoy defeated a Mongol army in the Battle of the Vozha River.
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