The Mongols in Russia: The History of the Golden Horde's Campaigns against the Medieval Russians

In the 8th and 9th centuries, among Eastern Slavs, the ancestral way of life was thoroughly destroyed, leading to the birth of a new state. Neighboring communities could no longer be managed on the basis of old tribal customs. All this required the creation of new rules and norms. In the ninth century, the gradual strengthening of the Kniaz's power continued. This process was accelerated under the influence of external factors: in the north of the East European Plain the raids of the Varang...