The army of the Mongols during the conquest of Ancient Rus'

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In the XIII century. The principalities of Ancient Rus' and the states of Eastern and Central Europe experienced a stunning onslaught of the military machine of the Mongol Empire, literally sweeping away everything in its path. The grandiose campaign of 1236-1242. (the total forces of the Mongols were astronomical 250-260 thousand people) entered the history of wars as the Great Western Campaign. The population of the conquered regions hoped to sit out behind the walls of the cities, but the Mongols had not only a rich arsenal of technical means for taking fortifications - they also had experienced engineering and stone-throwing artillery units. Poland, the Czech Republic and the Kingdom of Hungary (it included Hungary, Slovakia, a significant part of the former Yugoslavia), and in 1242 the Mongol army reached the "last sea" - the Adriatic. In 1243, Batu received the first Russian princes in the capital of the Golden Horde, who arrived with an expression of humility. On the pages of this book, a well-known specialist in the military history of the Mongol Empire gives a broad picture of the forces and opportunities with which the conquerors established political domination over the Russian principalities, which lasted from the middle of the XNUMXth to the XNUMXth centuries, and a significant part of Eastern Europe. For the first time in the historical literature, solely on the basis of the sources of the Mongol Empire (internal documents of the Mongol state, its interstate acts, official and unofficial reports, eyewitness accounts who visited Mongolia and Mongol headquarters), the organization, weapons, tactics and combat use of the army of the empire of Genghis Khan and his first successors.

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Publication language: Russian

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