|

Beginning in the 1200's, Russian lands had been controlled by Mongol rulers.
But the city of Moscow, now the most powerful in Russia, recently broke
away from Mongol control. In 1480, Moscow's Grand Prince Ivan refused
to pay taxes to the Golden Horde, the name of the section of the empire
that included Russia. Mongol troops moved toward Moscow to put down the
revolt, but the threat of a Russian attack on the Mongol capital forced
them to turn back.
View
from Today
|