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#Batu Khan
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War & Warriors · Kievan Rus'
The Mongol Invasion of Rus' (1237–1240): How the Cities Fell
How the Mongols conquered Rus' in 1237–1240, city by city from Ryazan and Vladimir to Kyiv, what chronicles and graves show, and where the "Tatar yoke" began.
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People · Mongol Empire
Batu Khan: Genghis Khan's Grandson and the Conquest of Rus'
Who Batu Khan was, how he led the Mongol conquest of Rus' and the invasion of Hungary, why he turned back in 1242, and what eyewitnesses saw at his court.