The Mongol Yoke, 1237 to 1480, is the traditional Russian historiographical name for the period of Mongol and Tatar domination over the Rus principalities following the Mongol conquest, during which local Russian princes ruled as tributary vassals of the Golden Horde, the westernmost Mongol successor khanate, traveling to its capital to receive formal confirmation of their authority. The period saw the rise of Moscow as the leading Rus principality, partly through its rulers' skill in serving as the Horde's own tax collectors among the other principalities, laying the political and territorial foundation for the later unified Russian state. Mongol suzerainty ended in 1480 at the bloodless Great Standing on the Ugra River, when Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow openly refused further tribute and the Horde, weakened by its own internal divisions, withdrew without a fight.
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Geographic ScopeNortheastern Rus cities such as Ryazan, Vladimir, Rostov and Yaroslavl were conquered; Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk and Polotsk escaped destruction but were still forced to pay tribute 2 Connections
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1. Mongol invasion of Rus' - Wikipedia
Invasion of Batu Khan section
In 1237, they besieged and took Ryazan, and Vladimir fell in early February 1238.
In Group: Eras Beginning from 960 to 1250 CE, Lead paragraph
The siege of Kiev in 1240 by the Mongols is generally held to mark the end of the state of Kievan Rus
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Invasion of Batu Khan section, legacy of tribute
the Mongol domination of Russian-inhabited territories, with the requisite demands of tribute, continued until the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480.
Invasion of Batu Khan section, list of cities
Thereupon Batu Khan divided his army into smaller units, which ransacked fourteen cities of northeastern Rus': Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuryev-Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok.
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