Khans of the Golden Horde: the first Muslim ruler Berke
Screex Brother and colleague Berke (Batu Khan, Batu, Sain Khan) (1209-1266), son of Jochi and grandson...
Khans of the Golden Horde: the Reign of Sartak and Ulagchi
Sartak: the failed heir Sartak (c. 1226-1256), the eldest son of Batu, Khan of the...
Khans of the Golden Horde: Batu, the creator
The heir is not in a straight line Batu (Batu Khan, Batu, Sain Khan) (1207-1256),...
Khans of the Golden Horde: Jochi as the founder of the Empire
The cycle opens with a brief sketch about the life of the founder of the...
Khans of the Golden Horde: Khan Toktamysh as a hope for the revival of the state
The Path to Greatness Toktamysh (according to Russian sources Tokhtamysh) (about 1350-1406), khan of the...
Who is Tokhtamysh? Why did he become Khan? How did he die?
Khan Tokhtamysh remained in our national memory mainly as the one who restored Russia’s dependence...
The great rulers of the East. Kublai Khan
In 1252, the supreme power at the kurultai (congress of the highest Mongolian nobility) was...
Kublai Khan’s campaigns in Burma and Java
After the final conquest of Southern China by the Mongols in 1279, Mongol Khan Kublai...
interesting facts: WHO COULD ADDRESS THE SULTAN BY HIS FIRST NAME?
Of course, no one. The simplest way to address the Padishah was «My Sultan.» Mothers...
Who would win: the Mongols or the samurai?
History knows many examples of great military cultures clashing, but one of the most intriguing...