The Tanguts could not even imagine that their prosperous Buddhist kingdom would become the first testing ground for the Mongol military machine. The state of Xi Xia, which had stood…
All of us have studied history and know that the Mongol Empire broke up into the Golden Horde, the state of Hulaguids, the Chagatai Khanate and the ulus of the…
Regardless of their original origins and the ethnic roots of their ruling clan, the Tatars in the early 13th century were a Mongol tribe. They lived in the eastern part…
No matter what they say, but the Genghisids are a great dynasty, because its founder Genghis Khan managed to turn an amorphous something from a bunch of Mongolian tribes into…
The basis of the military system in the Ulus Dzhuchi was a hierarchically organized system of Tatar clans' possessions. Its characteristic feature was the intertwining of military and administrative system.…
In 1547, the warlike Crimean Khan Sahib-Girey took Astrakhan and, “having defeated the Astrakhan Khan Yamgurji, scattered his subjects, and the men and women who had escaped death, with all…
Who was this undoubtedly talented organizer and the greatest military leader in world history? In Asia he is considered a genius, in Europe - an ogre. Perhaps, only Genghis Khan,…
How do the Kalmyks differ from the Dzungars, Oirats, and Torguts? And how do the Kalmyks differ from their relatives, the Torguts, Dzungars, and Oirats? Some would say that they…
Western Campaign: Why the Sons of Choros Needed the Steppes of Desht-i-Kipchak The lands stretching west of the Tarbagatai and Altai mountain ranges always attracted the Oirat leaders. It was…
Morning in the felt world: rituals and duties The sun had not yet had time to scorch the withered grass, and the camp-smoke was already buzzing like a disturbed beehive.…
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