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MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION

MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION. Invasion Appeared suddenly in 1223, attacked in south then disappeared Reappeared in 1237, attacking Riazan from north Sacked Kiev in 1240 1237-1242: Under Batu Khan, ravaged all Russian lands. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION.

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MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION

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  1. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION

  2. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Invasion • Appeared suddenly in 1223, attacked in south then disappeared • Reappeared in 1237, attacking Riazan from north • Sacked Kiev in 1240 • 1237-1242: Under Batu Khan, ravaged all Russian lands

  3. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Who were the Mongols? • Mostly Tatars from Central Asia • Consolidate empire & expanded under Chingis Khan • Sacked Kiev in 1240 • 1237-1242: Under Batu Khan, ravaged all Russian lands

  4. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Russia under Mongol Rule • Mongol overlordship • Russian princes invested by Khan, paid tribute • Appanage period • Individual territorial rule • Rise to prominence of: • Galicia & Volynia (southeast) • Rostov, Suzdal, Vladimir (northeast) • Novgorod (north)

  5. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Russia under Mongol Rule • Population shift • moved west & northeast • linguistic/ethnic differentiation • Russian • Ukrainian • Belorussian

  6. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Russia under Mongol Rule • Internal division & weakness • External aggression & conquest • west & southwest fell to Lithuanians, then Poles • north subject to German (Teutonic), Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian attacks • Relative isolation & loss of international importance

  7. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Social Structure • Continuity & change • Princes • Clergy & Boyars: now with votchina • Freeservants (liudi) • Traders, merchants, artisans • Peasants • Slaves (kholopy)

  8. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Mongols interfered little with Russian life • But many consider it dark period • education/literacy declined • decline of towns meant urban culture deteriorated • poverty & political disunity • Some advancements & achievements occurred despite difficulties

  9. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Literature • Written works diminished • Oral tradition continued, but not on same level as Kievan

  10. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Art • Icon painting flourished & developed • Andrei Rublev (@1370-1430) Archangel Michael - Rublev The Trinity - Rublev The Redeemer - Rublev

  11. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Art • Icon painting flourished & developed • Andrei Rublev (@1370-1430) • Theophanes (late 14th – early 15th c.) Our Lady of the Don - Theophanes The Dormition - Theophanes

  12. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Art • Icon painting flourished & developed • Andrei Rublev (c. 1370-1430) • Theophanes (late 14th – early 15th c.) • Dionysius (c. 1440-1502) The Crucifixion - Dionysius John the Baptist - Dionysius

  13. MONGOL INVASION & DOMINATION • Culture • Architecture • Considered one of glories of period • Most structures made of wood

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