Puresh
Puresh () was a Moksha "kanazor" (king), ruler of the Murunza kingdom in Mokshaland (Middle Volga). He was ally of Russian Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir and of the Cuman Khan Köten against the Volga Bulgars and Erzyas in the 1220s. Europe Campaign. In September 1237 the Mongols invaded Moksha kingdom Murunza ("Moxel" 'Moksha Kingdom' in latin sources). Mongols seized his capital Noronshasht. Jebe and Sübötäi forced Puresh to join the Mongol army in their European campaign. Puresh's warriors became the vanguard of the Mongol army and took part in the seizure of Kiev, Sandomierz and Zawichost. Puresh  secretly met with the High Duke of Poland, Henry II the Pious, on 8 April 1241, one day before the Battle of Legnica, and they agreed that the Moksha soldiers would join forces with the troops of the Silesia and Greater Poland. Subutai uncovered the plot - and Puresh, his son Атямас and many Moksha warriors were killed while they slept after midnight on 9 April 1241. Aftermath. Princess Narchat took a revenge on Mongols in 1242 and raided their convoys in Mokshaland. It led to an uprising which resulted in another war with Mongols returned from Europe known as Sernya  battle. William of Rubruck described Mokshaland after the war as a land without cities with people dwell in forests since "their king and most of his men were killed in Germany where they were forced to go together with the Mongols".