Golden Horde

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The Golden Horde was a powerful Mongol khanate that ruled over much of Eastern Europe and parts of Russia from the 13th to the 15th century, exerting significant political and economic influence on the region.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurasian nomadic empire
Mongol khanate
historical state
alternativeName Kipchak Khanate
Ulus of Jochi
apogee 13th century
14th century
capital Sarai Batu
Sarai Berke
causeOf decline of Kievan Rus'
conflict Timurid invasions
internal civil wars
continent Asia
Europe
countryToday Belarus
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Ukraine
currency silver dirham
demography multiethnic population
economicActivity long-distance trade
pastoral nomadism
tax farming
endTime 15th century
circa 1502
ethnicGroup Mongol
surface form: Mongols

Turkic peoples
foundedBy Batu Khan NERFINISHED
Jochid dynasty
governmentType monarchy
influenced development of steppe trade routes
political structure of Russian principalities
rise of Moscow
language Kipchak languages
surface form: Kipchak Turkic

Mongolian
military cavalry-based army
namedAfter Jochi
notableEvent Battle of Kulikovo
Mongol invasions of Europe
surface form: Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

Siege of Kiev (1240)
surface form: Sack of Kiev (1240)

Tokhtamysh’s sack of Moscow (1382)
partOf Mongol Empire
Pax Mongolica
politicalSystem khanate
region Eastern Europe
Pontic–Caspian steppe
Volga region
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Islam
Tengrism
ruler Batu Khan NERFINISHED
Berke Khan NERFINISHED
Mamayi
Tokhtamysh
Uzbek Khan
splitInto Blue Horde
Great Horde
Blue Horde
surface form: White Horde
startTime 1240s
circa 1242
successor Crimean Khanate
Astrakhan Khanate
surface form: Khanate of Astrakhan

Kazan Khanate
surface form: Khanate of Kazan

Nogai Horde
Siberian Khanate
tax tribute (vykhod)
tributaryState Bulgar of the Volga
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Principality of Tver
surface form: Grand Duchy of Tver

Grand Duchy of Vladimir
Kingdom of Georgia
Principality of Ryazan
Novgorod Republic
surface form: Republic of Novgorod
used yam relay system

Referenced by (29)

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this entity surface form: Golden Horde (as a vassal prince)
Leo I of Galicia alliance Golden Horde
Pax Mongolica appliesToPolity Golden Horde
Siege of Kiev (1240) associatedWith Golden Horde
Steppe Road associatedWith Golden Horde
Turco-Mongol associatedWith Golden Horde
Mongol Ilkhanate battledWith Golden Horde
Chagatai Khanate borderedBy Golden Horde
Siege of Kiev (1240) combatant Golden Horde
this entity surface form: Mongol forces of the Golden Horde
Caffa controlledBy Golden Horde
Muscovy endedVassalageTo Golden Horde
Batu Khan founded Golden Horde
Mongol foundedEmpire Golden Horde
subject surface form: Mongols
Great Khan hasAuthorityOver Golden Horde
Turkic world hasHistoricalRoot Golden Horde
Tatars historicalState Golden Horde
Dmitry Donskoy opponent Golden Horde
Grand Duchy of Moscow partOf Golden Horde
Muscovy partOf Golden Horde
this entity surface form: Golden Horde (as vassal)
Nogai Horde predecessor Golden Horde
Mongol successorStates Golden Horde
subject surface form: Mongols
Batu Khan territoryControlled Golden Horde
Grand Duchy of Moscow tributaryTo Golden Horde
Muscovy tributaryTo Golden Horde
Ivan I of Moscow vassalOf Golden Horde