Mongol invasion of Rus'
1237–1240 · Event
Batu Khan sacks Kiev; Rus' falls under the Golden Horde for two centuries.
On these timelines: Russia & the USSR, Mongol Empire, Master, Eastern Europe & the Balkans
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