The first since Genghis Khan
Screex No matter what they say, but the Genghisids are a great dynasty, because its founder...
Command and army in the Golden Horde
The basis of the military system in the Ulus Dzhuchi was a hierarchically organized system...
“The Nogai Massacre”
In 1547, the warlike Crimean Khan Sahib-Girey took Astrakhan and, “having defeated the Astrakhan Khan...
Timur ibn Taragai Barlas: 12 little-known facts about the greatest military leader in world history
Who was this undoubtedly talented organizer and the greatest military leader in world history? In...
Who are the Kalmyks? The history of the ethnonym
How do the Kalmyks differ from the Dzungars, Oirats, and Torguts? And how do the...
Steppe Lords: The Dzungar Perspective on the Centuries-Long War with the Kazakhs
Western Campaign: Why the Sons of Choros Needed the Steppes of Desht-i-Kipchak The lands stretching...
Batu’s Iron Fist: The Daily Life of a Warrior of the Great Steppe
Morning in the felt world: rituals and duties The sun had not yet had time...
Batu — the eldest of the Chingizids
Batu and Guyuk In December 1241, Khan Ugedei died. All power was concentrated in the...
Sholoy-Setsen Khan
At the beginning of the 17th century, the Manchus set out to conquer eastern Mongolia,...
How did Batu become khan? Why did he not fight for power in the Mongol Empire?
There is a certain stereotype that a great ruler and military leader should look stern...