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The Golden Horde in Rus
To his eldest son, Jochi, Genghis Khan gave a vast and indeterminate domain extending from east of present-day Kazakstan to the banks of the Volga River in todays western Russia. Upon Jochi's death in 1227, his territory was divided by his heirs. The western portion went to his second son, Batu, who subsequently led the Moghol campaign into Europe and thereby extended his domain westward to the Danube River.
Batu's khanate became known as the Golden Horde. (The Turkish word "orda", from which the word horde is derived, means an encampment.) It was also known as the khanate of Kipchak, after the Kipchak Turks who originally dominated the region. Over time, they mingled with their Moghol conquerors. The Moghols themselves became known to Europeans as Tatars (or Tartars), after the Turkish-speaking people who made up a large portion of their forces.
Batu established his capital, Sarai, on the eastern bank of the lower Volga, near modern Volgograd. He allowed the local Russian princes to keep their thrones as long as they paid tribute and homage to him. This system operated without significant resistance for more than 130 years.
Islam became the official religion of the Golden Horde under Özbeg (Uzbek). His long and prosperous reign, from 1313 to 1341, is generally regarded as the golden age of the Russian Moghols. A period of anarchy followed, during which the real ruler of the Golden Horde was a general named Mamay. The Moghol khan Tokhtamish intervened. He saw an opportunity to expand his domain in southern Siberia, the khanate of the White Horde, which abutted the eastern border of the Golden Horde. By the end of 1378 Tokhtamish occupied Sarai. The final clash between Mamay and Tokhtamish resulted in a complete victory for the White Horde. Now also master of the Golden Horde, Tokhtamish sacked the Moscow in 1382 and reduced the Russians once again to the status of vassals and tributaries.

Final Decline of the Golden Horde
Emboldened by these victories, Tokhtamish began invading Tamerlane's territories in Central Asia. In response, Tamerlane attacked Tokhtamish, finally defeating him in 1395. In doing so, Tamerlane so greatly weakened the Golden Horde that he unwittingly helped unify the Russians. The Golden Horde broke up in the 1400s, emerging as the independent khanates of Kazan', Astrakhan', Sibir (Siberia), Crimea, White Horde(Ak Orda) and Blue Horde(Kok Orda). In the 1500s three of these independent khanates were conquered by Russian tsar Ivan IV Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible), and in 1783 the last one, Crimea, was annexed to Russia.

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  • Turkish Batu Han turanian

    Mongols,Turks of Anatolia

    turanian...

  • When you have english title then please at least add subtitles. Theme is good, i would like to watch it but unfortunately my Russian is far from perfect.

  • @datubaozi oh really, yes my english not that well.. is there any problem? just do business ok... hahahahaha u have political power? ah maybe u r russian presedent? i dont think so ... u r rich hahahaaha .. just bite me st...d ... yes u have a dream :P

  • @pearlsvd - why don't you learn English ? my language is the world's language ! i don't shut up because i am the owner of you, i am your master ! you have NO money, NO knowlegde, NO political power, that means I OWN you !!!

  • @datubaozi dont be such a hater mongolia... im mongolian but u cant do enything ok sooo sh4t up

  • And the remaining small Turkic tribes were later incorporated into the Mongol Empire and creating modern day Mongols. Mongols are very different in terms of physical features compared to Turks so you cannot connect modern Mongols and Turks. All ancient and medieval tribes in the Altais were called Monglo-Turkic, modern Turks have only the name but share most features with Persians and less with Arabs. Just compare their looks! They in two very different historic times.

  • Turks originate from the Altai Mountains modern day Kazakhstan and Mongolia, they formed several states around 400BC- 50AD mainly Turgs called in Mongolian language and later Hunuus, which actually had cities and towns. At the time ethnic Mongols were not a dominant force and living in nomadic ways. Both of these moved away from Altai and Turgs moved slowly towards modern Turkey while adopting local culture and mixed among various tribes. Hunuus, later moved towards Europe being called the Huns

  • @datubaozi hahaahaha. stupid bitch. his girlfriend is stupid bitch and embellisher .

    i like vodka. but it is not important thing.

    i think she is very ugly. ulgy girls loves to blab blab blab.

  • Mongols are not a race. They are an ethnicity that belongs to the Mongoloid race; chinks, japs, krens, viets, all part of the same race. Problem is: Mongs don't study, and when study don't learn ! They still believe in their ancient superstition, not in genetic science !

  • @Yerzhanhan- I'm an anthropologist , all mongs are mixed, there's no PURE blood or has ever been, before Genghis they're mixed, turks, tatar, kazhaks, all different, then warriors has millions of children with russian concubines then the Manchus and the chinks. today 1/3 of mongs have chinese blood ! they have to accept they are a mixed race and try to improve themselves in terms of education. can't go on as troglodytes forever !

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