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Kulikovo 1380: The Battle That Made Russia
Contributor(s): Galeotti, Mark (Author), Tan, Darren (Illustrator), Kime, Paul (Cartographer)
ISBN: 1472831217     ISBN-13: 9781472831217
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
OUR PRICE:   $21.60  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - Medieval
- History | Europe - Medieval
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
Series: Campaign
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.1" W x 9.7" (0.55 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - Russia
 
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Publisher Description:

Using specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the victory at Kulikovo in 1380 that heralded the birth of Russian statehood.

The 13th-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 and rebelled. On September 7 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.