Kulikovo 1380 - The battle that made Russia

The 14th-century Mongol conquest of the Rus'' - the principalities of Russia - was devastating and decisive. Cities were lain waste, new dynasties rose and for a hundred years the Russians were under unquestioned foreign rule. However, the Mongols were conquerors rather than administrators and they chose to rule through subject princes. This allowed the Rurikid dynastic princes of Moscow to rise with unprecedented speed. With the famed ''Mongol Yoke'' loosening, Grand Prince Dmitri of Moscow saw in this an unparalleled opportunity to rebel. On 7 September 1380 his 60,000 troops crossed the Don to take the battle to Mamai''s 125,000, which included Armenian and Cherkessk auxiliaries and Genoese mercenaries. Using specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the victory that heralded the birth of Russian statehood.>

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• Authors: Mark Galeotti, Mark (New York University Galeotti, Galeotti Mark
• Assisted by: Darren Tan (Illustration), Tan Darren (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781472831217
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-3121-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 246 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Campaign; Campaign
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Russia, European History, military history, HISTORY / Military / Medieval, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Battles & campaigns, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Russia / General