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    torenderanysortofdefenceagainstthisterribleene.

    itheyear1224thatthefirstgreattartarinvasion

    tookpladthatthehordesofjenghizkhan,thenqueror

    ofadetheirfirst

    appearaheiesennear

    thekalkariverandrussiaerongolians.

    justassuddenlyastheyhadetheydisappeared.

    thirteenyearslater,in1eyretued.inless

    thanfiveyearstheynqueredeverypartofthevastrussian

    plains.untiltheyear1380itrydonskoi,grand

    dukeofsontheplainsofkulikovo,the

    tartarsastersoftherussianpeople.

    allinall,ittooktherussiansturiestodeliver

    theelvesfrohisyoke.forayokeitost

    offensiveandobjeableouedtheslavicpeasants

    intoserableslaves.norussianuldhopetosurviveun

    lessheanwho

    satisoheheartofthesteppesofsouthe

    russiaandspatathiitdeprivedthessofthepeopleof

    allfeelingofhonourandindependedehungerand

    seryandltreatntandpersonalabusethenorlstate

    ofhueilatlasttheaveragerussian,werehe

    peasantooblen,abouthisbusinesslikeaed

    dogensooftenthathisspirithasbeenbroken

    andhedarenotission.

    thereenofthetartarkhan

    erciless.theendlessprairiedidnotgivea

    narossintothesafeterritoryofhisneighbour.

    hestkeepquietandbearasterdecided

    toinfliorruntheriskofdeath.ofurse,europe

    ghthaveinterfered.buteuropewasengageduponbusiness

    ofitsoingthequarrelsbethepopeand

    theeerororsuppressingthisorthatortheotherheresy.

    andsoeuropelefttheslavtohisfate,andforcedhio

    hisoion.

    thefinalsaviourofrussiaanysllstates,

    fouheearlynorserulers.ituatedintheheart

    oftherussianplain.itscapital,seep

    hillonthe,

    bydintofpleasiaro

    please,andopposinghidoso,had,

    duringtheddleofthefourteeurydeitselfthe

    leaderofabereeredthatthe

    tartarsinnstructivepoliticalability.

    theyuldoroy.theirchiefainnqueringnew

    territoriesoobtainreveogetthisrevehe

    forftaxes,itnantsof

    theoldpoliticalanizationtontinue.heherewere

    nylittletohegraceofthegreatkhan,

    thattheyghtactastaxgatherersandrobtheieighbours

    forthebeofthetartartreasury.

    thestateofsattheexpehe

    surroundiory,finallybecastrongenoughtorisk

    openrebellio