We return to the Northeast to cover the succession to Vsevolod Big Nest, the struggle for Novgorod, and the arrival of the Mongols.
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1.71 - Daniil of Galicia II - Galicia and the Mongols
After decades fighting for his birthright, Daniil must face a new enemy.
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1.70 - Daniil of Galicia I - The Galician Succession
Roman Mstislavich had united Volhynia and Galicia, but his early death leaves his kingdom open to Rus and foreign pretenders. It will take his son, Daniil, years to recover.
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1.69 - Batu Consolidates
Batu continues his campaign westwards. Despite winning his battles, circumstances force him to return to the Volga to consolidate his rule.
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1.68 - A ‘Mongol Yoke’?
From the chroniclers seeing them as God’s punishment, to Tsarist historians trying to push them out of Russian history altogther, to Stalinists banning any mention of them other than as predatory parasites, this episode looks at some of the ways Russian historians have struggled to come to grips with the Mongols.
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