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 thr.
Osprey Publishing (uk) Kulikovo 1380: the battle that made russia, paperback/mark galeotti
