Novgorod Republic (Mongol Empire)
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Was an East Slavic polity that ruled over the northern regions of European Russia. Following the death of Mstislav I of Kiev in 1132, it became independent from the Kievan Rus'. From 1243 it fell to the Vassalage of the Mongol Empire (and then its successor in Eastern Europe, the Golden Horde).
Establishment
- January 1243: Only the Republic of Novgorod escaped the occupation but had to submit to the payment of a tribute.
Chronology
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1. Mongol invasions and conquests
Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.
1.1. Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century.
- January 1243: Only the Republic of Novgorod escaped the occupation but had to submit to the payment of a tribute.
2. Mongol Civil Wars
Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.
2.1. Toluid Civil War
Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.
2.1.1. Division of the Mongol Empire
The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.
- January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)
- January 1247: The Principality of Tverskoe emerged after the murder of the Grand Duke Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (1246).
Disestablishment
- January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.
Selected Sources
- Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164