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The Battle of the Sit River begins two centuries of Mongol horde domination of Rus.
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Battle of the Sit River
Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
The Battle of the Sit River took place on 4 March 1238 between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Suzdalians under Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. It was fought in the northern part of the present-day Sonkovsky District of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Orda (organization)
Type of organization
An orda or horde was a historical sociopolitical and military structure found on the Eurasian Steppe, usually associated with the Turkic and Mongol peoples. This form of entity can be seen as the regional equivalent of a clan or a tribe of nomads. Some successful ordas gave rise…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)