#Mongols under #BatuKhan sacked #Kiev #OnThisDay in 1240, killing all but 2,000 of the city's 50,000 residents & destroying the city before moving westward into Poland & Hungary; the sack of Kiev was a turning point in the #history of both #Russia & #Ukraine...
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The History Files: White Horde

White Horde: it was Jochi's son, #OrdaKhan, who inherited the eastern part of the #GoldenHorde as the #WhiteHorde, with #BatuKhan leading the western #BlueHorde part.

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#history #historyfiles #mongols #tribes #mongolia #JochiKhan #medievalfareast #fareast

The History Files: Mongol Blue Horde

Blue Horde: #BatuKhan in 1246 converted his inheritance into a #khanate which became the #BlueHorde, although much of his western territory was yet to be conquered by the #Mongols.

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#history #historyfiles #tribes #genghiskhan #mongolia #medievalfareast

The History Files: Mongol Crimea

Mongol Crimea: in 1246, #BatuKhan converted his territories into the #BlueHorde khanate and went on to devastate the already-subjugated #Crimea & subdue #Mordovia and the #Kipchaks on the steppe.

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#history #historyfiles #medieval #medievaleurope #mongols

Kiev

Mongol campaigns in Russia

#Mongols under #BatuKhan sacked #Kiev #OnThisDay in 1240, killing all but 2,000 of the city's 50,000 residents & destroying the city before moving westward into Poland & Hungary; the sack of Kiev was a turning point in the #history of both #Russia & #Ukraine...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o...

List of Rulers of the Mongol Empire🇲🇳

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#KublaiKhan
#MöngkeKhan
#OgedeiKhan
#BatuKhan