Curtin begins with the founding of the Russian state under Rurik and Oleg, the reign of Olga and the princes of Kiev, then traces the quarrels that left the land divided when Batu’s armies arrived. Drawing on Russian, Persian and Chinese chronicles, he describes the sack of Kiev and the cities of the north and the long subjection to the khans at Sarai.
A companion to his The Mongols by the translator of Sienkiewicz, telling a catastrophe that shaped Russia for centuries. Download the free EPUB.