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#Golden Horde
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People · Grand Principality of Moscow
Ivan III: How Ivan the Great Made Muscovy a State
Ivan III ruled Moscow from 1462 to 1505. He took Novgorod and Tver, outfaced the Horde on the Ugra, rebuilt the Kremlin and gave Russia its first law code.
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People · Golden Horde
Tokhtamysh: The Khan Who Burned Moscow and Fought Timur
Tokhtamysh reunited the Golden Horde, burned Moscow in 1382 and fought his former patron Timur. What the Russian, Persian and Arabic sources say.
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War & Warriors · Grand Principality of Moscow
The Battle of Kulikovo (1380): Dmitry Donskoy, Mamai and the Myth of Liberation
The Battle of Kulikovo on 8 September 1380: who fought, how many, what the earliest sources say, and why the victory did not end the Tatar yoke.
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War & Warriors · Kievan Rus'
The Mongol Invasion of Rus' (1237–1240): How the Cities Fell
How the Mongols conquered Rus' in 1237–1240, city by city from Ryazan and Vladimir to Kyiv, what chronicles and graves show, and where the "Tatar yoke" began.
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People · Mongol Empire
Batu Khan: Genghis Khan's Grandson and the Conquest of Rus'
Who Batu Khan was, how he led the Mongol conquest of Rus' and the invasion of Hungary, why he turned back in 1242, and what eyewitnesses saw at his court.
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People · Novgorod Republic
Alexander Nevsky: Warrior, Mongol Vassal, Saint
Who was Alexander Nevsky? The prince who beat Swedes and crusaders, served the Mongol khans, punished his own people and became Russia's warrior saint.
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Empires & Dynasties · Volga Bulgaria
Volga Bulgaria: The Trading Kingdom on the Volga
Volga Bulgaria was a Muslim Turkic kingdom on the Volga and Kama that grew rich on furs and silver. Discover its story, from AD 922 to the Mongols.