Mongol invasion of Rus ' - wikipedia Mongol invasion of Rus ' Mongol conquest of Eastern Europe The Genghis Khan conquests Date 1223 -- 1240 Location Modern Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Result Decisive Mongol victory resulting in principalities of Kievan State becoming vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde. Belligerents Mongol Empire Vladimir - Suzdal Kiev Galicia - Volhynia Novgorod Republic Smolensk Turov and Pinsk Rostov Chernigov Ryazan Pereyaslavl Cumans Commanders and leaders Batu Khan Möngke Khan Subutai Jebe Boroldai Berke Orda Kadan Shiban Güyük Khan Mstislav the Bold Daniel of Galicia Mstislav III of Kiev ( POW ), Mstislav II of Chernigov † Yuri II of Vladimir † Strength 1236 : 35,000 Mongol cavalry 40,000 + Turkic auxiliaries 1223 : ~ 20,000 cavalry 1236 : ~ 50,000 total including garrisons and tribesmen Casualties and losses More than 7,000 500,000 ( 6 -- 7 % of the population of Rus ) Mongol invasions and conquests Asia Burma First Ngasaunggyan Pagan Second Central Asia Qara Khitai Khwarezm China Western Xia Jin Song Dali Ziqi Japan Bun'ei Kōan Vietnam Bạch Đằng Other invasions India Java Korea Tibet Europe Rus ' Volga Bulgaria ( Samara Bend, Bilär ) Dzurdzuketia ( Chechnya ) Poland ( first ) Hungary ( first ) Bulgaria and Serbia Poland ( second ) Thrace Hungary ( second ) Poland ( third ) Serbia Near East Khwarezmia Armenia Georgia Anatolia ( Köse Dağ, Byzantine -- Mongol alliance ) Baghdad Levant Palestine ( Ain Jalut ) Mongol invasion of Rus ' Kalka River ( 1223 ) Voronezh River ( 1237 ) Ryazan ( 1237 ) Kolomna ( 1238 ) Moscow ( 1238 ) Vladimir ( 1238 ) Sit River ( 1238 ) Kozelsk ( 1238 ) Chernigov ( 1239 ) Kiev ( 1240 ) As part of the Mongol invasion of Europe, the Mongol Empire invaded Kievan Rus ' in the 13th century, destroying numerous cities, including Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladimir, and Kiev. The campaign was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in May 1223, which resulted in a Mongol victory over the forces of several Rus ' principalities. The Mongols nevertheless retreated. A full - scale invasion of Rus ' by Batu Khan followed, from 1237 to 1240. The invasion was ended by the Mongol succession process upon the death of Ögedei Khan. All Rus ' principalities were forced to submit to Mongol rule and became part of the Golden Horde empire, some of which lasted until 1480. The invasion, facilitated by the beginning of the breakup of Kievan Rus ' in the 13th century, had incalculable ramifications for the history of Eastern Europe, including the division of the East Slavic people into three separate nations : modern - day Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, and in the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Contents 1 Background 2 Invasion of Batu Khan 3 Age of Tatar rule 4 Impact on development 5 Influence on Rus ' society 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 Sources Background As it was undergoing fragmentation, Kievan Rus ' faced the unexpected eruption of an irresistible foreign foe coming from the mysterious regions of the Far East. `` For our sins '', writes the Rus ' chronicler of the time, `` unknown nations arrived. No one knew their origin or whence they came, or what religion they practiced. That is known only to God, and perhaps to wise men learned in books ''. The princes of Rus ' first heard of the coming Mongol warriors from the nomadic Cumans. Previously known for pillaging settlers on the frontier, the nomads now preferred peaceful relations, warning their neighbors : `` These terrible strangers have taken our country, and tomorrow they will take yours if you do not come and help us ''. In response to this call, Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav Romanovich the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe, only to be routed on April 1, 1223 at the Battle of the Kalka River. Although this defeat left the Rus ' principalities at the mercy of invaders, the Mongol forces retreated and did not reappear for thirteen years, during which time the princes of Rus ' went on quarreling and fighting as before, until they were startled by a new and much more formidable invading force. In the Secret History of the Mongols, the only reference to this early battle is : `` Then he ( Chinghis Khan ) sent Dorbei the Fierce off against the city of Merv, and on to conquer the people between Iraq and the Indus. He sent Subetei the Brave off to war in the North where he defeated eleven kingdoms and tribes, crossing the Volga and Ural Rivers, finally going to war with Kiev. '' Invasion of Batu Khan The vast Mongol hordes of around 35,000 mounted archers, commanded by Batu Khan and Subutai, crossed the Volga River and invaded Volga Bulgaria in late 1236. It took them a year to extinguish the resistance of the Volga Bulgarians, the Cumans - Kipchaks, and the Alani. Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan in February 1238 ; miniature from the 16th - century chronicle. In November 1237, Batu Khan sent his envoys to the court of Yuri II of Vladimir and demanded his submission. A month later, the hordes besieged Ryazan. After six days of bloody battle, the city was totally annihilated. Alarmed by the news, Yuri II sent his sons to detain the invaders, but they were soundly defeated. Having burnt down Kolomna and Moscow, the horde laid siege to Vladimir on February 4, 1238. Three days later, the capital of Vladimir - Suzdal was taken and burnt to the ground. The royal family perished in the fire, while the grand prince retreated northward. Crossing the Volga, he mustered a new army, which was encircled and totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4. Thereupon Batu Khan divided his army into smaller units, which ransacked fourteen cities of modern - day Russia : Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl - Zalessky, Yuriev - Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok. Chinese siege engines were used by the Mongols under Tului to raze the walls of Russian cities. The most difficult to take was the small town of Kozelsk, whose boy - prince Vasily, son of Titus, and inhabitants resisted the Mongols for seven weeks, killing 4,000. As the story goes, at the news of the Mongol approach, the whole town of Kitezh with all its inhabitants was submerged into a lake, where, as legend has it, it may be seen to this day. The only major cities to escape destruction were Novgorod and Pskov. The Mongols planned to advance on Novgorod, but the principality was spared the fate of its brethren by the wise decision to preemptively surrender. In mid-1238, Batu Khan devastated the Crimea and pacified Mordovia. In the winter of 1239, he sacked Chernigov and Pereyaslav. After many days of siege, the horde stormed Kiev in December 1240. Despite the resistance of Danylo of Halych, Batu Khan managed to take two of his principal cities, Halych and Volodymyr - Volynskyi. The Mongols then resolved to `` reach the ultimate sea '', where they could proceed no further, and invaded Hungary and Poland. Age of Tatar rule See also : List of Tatar and Mongol raids against Rus ' Prince Michael of Chernigov was passed between fires in accordance with ancient Turco - Mongol tradition. Batu Khan ordered him to prostrate himself before the tablets of Genghis Khan. The Mongols stabbed him to death for his refusal to do obeisance to Genghis Khan 's shrine. This time the invaders came to stay, and they built for themselves a capital, called Sarai, on the lower Volga. Here the commander of the Golden Horde, as the western section of the Mongol empire was called, fixed his golden headquarters and represented his sovereign the grand khan who lived with the Great Horde in the Orkhon Valley. Here they had their headquarters and held parts of Rus ' in subjection for nearly three centuries. All of the Russian states, including Novgorod, Smolensk, Galich, and Pskov, submitted to the Tatar - Mongol rule. The term by which this subjection is commonly designated, the Mongol or Tatar `` yoke '', suggests terrible oppression, but in reality these nomadic invaders from Mongolia were not such cruel, oppressive taskmasters. In the first place, they never settled in the country, and they had little direct dealing with the inhabitants. In accordance with the admonitions of Genghis Khan to his children and grandchildren, they retained their pastoral mode of life, so that the subject races, agriculturists, and dwellers in towns were not disturbed in their ordinary avocations. Golden Horde instituted census, taxes and tributes on the conquered lands, which were usually collected by local princes and brought to Sarai. It was only in the 14th and 15th centuries, with the rise of the Tatar khanates, that slave raids on the Slavic population became significant, with the purpose of trading slaves with the Ottoman Empire. The raids were an important drain of the human and economic resources of both Muscovy and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and they largely prevented the settlement of the `` Wild Fields '' -- the steppe and forest - steppe land extending from about a hundred miles south of Moscow to the Black Sea -- and they ultimately contributed to the development of the Cossacks. In religious matters, the Mongols were extremely tolerant. When they first appeared in Europe, they were shamanists, and as such they had no religious fanaticism. After adopting Islam they remained as tolerant as before, and the khan of the Golden Horde, who first became a Muslim, allowed the Rus ' to found a Christian bishopric in his capital. Nogai Khan, half a century later, married a daughter of the Byzantine emperor, and gave his own daughter in marriage to a Rus ' prince, Theodor the Black. Some modern revisionist Russian historians ( most notably the Soviet era historian and `` Neo-Eurasianist '' ideologist Lev Gumilev ) even postulate that there was no invasion at all. According to them, the Rus ' princes concluded a defensive alliance with the Horde in order to repel attacks of the fanatical Teutonic Knights, which posed a much greater threat to the Rus ' religion and culture. These points represent the bright side of Tatar rule, but it also had its dark side. So long as a great horde of nomads was encamped on the frontier, the country was liable to be invaded by an overwhelming force. Fortunately, these invasions were not frequent, but when they occurred they caused an incalculable amount of devastation and suffering. In the intervals the people had to pay a fixed tribute. At first it was collected in a rough - and - ready fashion by Tatar tax - gatherers ; by about 1259 it was regulated by a census of the population ; and finally its collection was entrusted to the native princes, so the people were no longer brought into direct contact with the Tatar officials. Impact on development Part of a series on the History of East Slavs Middle Ages Early East Slavs Khazars Rus ' Khaganate Kievan Rus ' Novgorod Republic Vladimir - Suzdal Galicia -- Volhynia Mongol invasion Golden Horde Grand Duchy of Lithuania Grand Duchy of Moscow Early Modern period Tsardom of Russia Cossack Hetmanate Polish -- Lithuanian Commonwealth Modern period Russian Empire Revolutions of 1917 Russian Civil War Soviet Union Post-Soviet states Belarus Russian Federation Ukraine History of states History of Belarus History of Russia History of Ukraine The influence of the Mongol invasion on the territories of Kievan Rus ' was uneven. Colin McEvedy ( Atlas of World Population History, 1978 ) estimates the population of Rusa dropped from 7.5 million prior to the invasion to 7 million afterwards. Centers such as Kiev took centuries to rebuild and recover from the devastation of the initial attack. The Novgorod Republic continued to prosper, and new entities, the rival cities of Moscow and Tver, began to flourish under the Mongols. Moscow 's eventual dominance of northern and eastern Rus ' was in large part attributable to the Mongols. After the prince of Tver joined a rebellion against the Mongols in 1327, his rival prince Ivan I of Moscow joined the Mongols in crushing Tver and devastating its lands. By doing so he eliminated his rival, allowed the Russian Orthodox Church to move its headquarters to Moscow, and was granted the title of Grand Prince by the Mongols. As such, the Muscovite prince became the chief intermediary between the Mongol overlords and the Rus ' lands, which paid further dividends for Moscow 's rulers. While the Mongols often raided other areas of Rus ', they tended to respect the lands controlled by their principal collaborator. This, in turn, attracted nobles and their servants who sought to settle in the relatively secure and peaceful Moscow lands. Although Rus ' forces defeated the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380, Mongol domination of parts of Rus ' territories, with the requisite demands of tribute, continued until the Great stand on the Ugra river in 1480. Historians argued that without the Mongol destruction of Kievan Rus ', the Rus ' would not have unified into the Tsardom of Russia and, subsequently, the Russian Empire would not have risen. Trade routes with the East went through Rus ' territory, making them a center of trade between east and west. Mongol influence, while destructive to their enemies, had a significant long - term effect on the rise of modern Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Influence on Rus ' society Principalities of Kievan Rus ', 1220 - 1240. These principalities included Vladimir - Suzdal, Smolensk, Chernigov or Ryazan, annexed by the Duchy of Moscow in 1521. Historians have debated the long - term influence of Mongol rule on Rus ' society. The Mongols have been blamed for the destruction of Kievan Rus ', the breakup of the ancient Rus ' nationality into three components, and the introduction of the concept of `` oriental despotism '' into Russia. Historians also credit the Mongol regime with an important role in the development of Muscovy as a state. Under Mongol occupation, for example, Muscovy developed its mestnichestvo hierarchy, postal road network ( based on Mongolian ortoo system, known in Russian as `` yam '', hence the terms yamshchik, Yamskoy Prikaz, etc. ), census, fiscal system, and military organization. The period of Mongol rule over Russia included significant cultural and interpersonal contacts between the Russian and Mongolian ruling classes. By 1450, the Tatar language had become fashionable in the court of the Grand Prince of Moscow, Vasily II, who was accused of excessive love of the Tatars and their speech, and many Russian noblemen adopted Tatar surnames ( for example, a member of the Veliamanov family adopted the Turkic name `` Aksak '' and his descendents were the Aksakovs ) Many Russian boyar ( noble ) families traced their descent from the Mongols or Tatars, including Veliaminov - Zernov, Godunov, Arseniev, Bakhmetev, Bulgakov ( descendents of Bulgak ), and Chaadaev ( descendents of Genghis Khan 's son Chagatai Khan ). In a survey of Russian noble families of the 17th century, over 15 % of the Russian noble families had Tatar or Oriental origins. The Mongols brought about changes in the economic power of states and overall trade. In the religious sphere, St. Paphnutius of Borovsk was the grandson of a Mongol baskak, or tax collector, while a nephew of Khan Bergai of the Golden Horde converted to Christianity and became known as the monk St. Peter Tsarevich of the Horde. In the judicial sphere, under Mongol influence capital punishment, which during the times of Kievan Rus ' had only been applied to slaves, became widespread, and the use of torture became a regular part of criminal procedure. Specific punishments introduced in Moscow included beheading for alleged traitors and branding of thieves ( with execution for a third arrest ). See also Mongol invasion of Volga Bulgaria Mongol and Tatar states in Europe Mongol invasion of Europe References Jump up ^ Fennell, John. `` The Crisis of Medieval Russia : 1200 - 1304. '' London, 1983. Page 85. Excerpt : `` If we assume that each of the larger cities could field, say, between 3,000 and 5,000 men, we can arrive at a total of about 60,000 fighting troops. If we add to this another 40,000 from smaller towns and from the various Turkic allies in the Principality of Kiev, then the total coincides with the 100,000 estimated by S.M. Solov'ev in his History o Russia. But then this is only a rough estimate of the potential number. We have no idea how many, towns and districts actually mustered troops - for instance, it seems highly unlikely that Novgorod sent any at all. Certainly none came to help their outpost at Torzhok. Perhaps then half or a quarter - or even a smaller fraction - of the total was the most the Russians could muster. '' ^ Jump up to : Colin McEvedy, Atlas of World Population History ( 1978 ) Jump up ^ `` The Mongol Invasion of Russia in the 13th Century Study.com ''. Study.com. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 15. Jump up ^ Boris Rybakov, Киевская Русь и русские княжества XII - XIII вв. ( Kievan Rus ' and Russian Princedoms in 12th and 13th Centuries ), Moscow : Nauka, 1993. ISBN 5 - 02 - 009795 - 0. Jump up ^ Michell, Robert ; Forbes, Nevell ( 1914 ). `` The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016 - 1471 ''. Michell. London, Offices of the society. p. 64. Retrieved 4 June 2014. Jump up ^ ( the University of Michigan ) John Merton Patrick ( 1961 ). Artillery and warfare during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Volume 8, Issue 3 of Monograph series. Utah State University Press. p. 12. Retrieved 2011 - 11 - 28. The Mongols invaded the Russian steppes at this time, reaching the Crimea before turning back at the Khan 's orders. The youngest son of Genghis, Tului, was given the special task of destroying walled cities during this campaign, employing the Chinese engines Jump up ^ Frank McLynn, Genghis Khan ( 2015 ). Jump up ^ Henry Smith Williams The Historians ' History of the World, p. 654 Jump up ^ It has been noted that it was during the period of Mongol domination that `` the curve of Russian Western trade climbed steadily '', as did its trade with the Orient. See Donald Ostrowski, Muscovy and the Mongols : Cross-cultural Influences on the Steppe Frontier, Cambridge University Press, 1996. Page 109. Jump up ^ Paul Robert Magocsi. A History of Ukraine. University of Toronto Press, 1996. Page 110. Jump up ^ Richard Pipes. ( 1995 ). Russia Under the Old Regime. New York : Penguin Books. pp. 61 - 62 Jump up ^ `` The Consequences of Mongolian Invasion. ''. russia.rin.ru. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 15. Jump up ^ See Ostrowski, page 47. Jump up ^ Vernadsky, George. ( 1970 ). The Mongols and Russia. A History of Russia, Vol. III. New Haven : Yale University Press pp. 382 - 385. Jump up ^ Vernadsky, George. ( 1970 ). The Mongols and Russia. A History of Russia, Vol. III. New Haven : Yale University Press. The exact origins of the families surveyed were : 229 of Western European ( including German ) origin, 223 of Polish and Lithuanian origin ( this number included Ruthenian nobility ), 156 of Tatar and other Oriental origin, 168 families belonged to the House of Rurik and 42 were of unspecified `` Russian '' origin. Jump up ^ Website of the Orthodox Church calendar, accessed July 6, 2008 Jump up ^ Vernadsky, George. ( 1970 ). The Mongols and Russia. A History of Russia, Vol. III. New Haven : Yale University Press. pp. 354 - 357 This article incorporates public domain material from the Library of Congress Country Studies website http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/. -- Russia. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` ``. Encyclopædia Britannica ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. Further reading Allsen, Thomas T. Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia. Cambridge UP. Atwood, Christopher P. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire ( 2004 ) Christian, David. A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia Vol. 1 : Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire ( Blackwell, 1998 ) Halperin, Charles J. Russia and the golden horde : the Mongol impact on medieval Russian history ( Indiana University Press, 1985 ) Sinor, Denis. `` The Mongols in the West. '' Journal of Asian History ( 1999 ) : 1 - 44. in JSTOR Vernadsky, George. The Mongols and Russia ( Yale University Press, 1953 ) Halperin, Charles J. `` George Vernadsky, Eurasianism, the Mongols, and Russia. '' Slavic Review ( 1982 ) : 477 - 493. in JSTOR Sources Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mongol invasion of Rus. Full Collection of Russian Annals, St. Petersburg, 1908 and Moscow, 2001, ISBN 5 - 94457 - 011 - 3. 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Question: who led the mongols into russia and conquered kiev
Answer: Batu Khan