Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
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The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century.
Chronology
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January 1243: In 1242, Daniel of Galicia captured Kyiv in an attempt to become the Grand Prince of all Rus.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir Suzdal crossed the Volga to engage the Mongols.
January 1241: The Mongol invasion of Rus' left the Principality of Kyiv in a severely ruined state. Following the invasion, it was now under the formal suzerainty of the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, Alexander Nevsky, who in turn was a vassal to the Mongols.
November 1236: The Mongols extinguish the resistance of the weak Volga Bulgars, the Cumans-Kipchaks and the Alans.
January 1238: In December 1237, the Principality of Ryazan became the first of all other former states of Kievan Rus' to suffer from the Mongol invasion.
February 1238: The Mongols burnt down Kolomna and Moscow.
February 1238: After burning down Kolomna and Moscow, the Mongols proceeded to besiege the city Vladimir. Three days later, the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal was taken and burnt to the ground.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir-Suzdal were encircled and totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4. Vladimir-Suzdal became a Mongol vassal.
April 1238: In 1238, during the Mongol invasion of Rus', the Principality of Pereyaslavl, led by Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich, was conquered by the Mongol Empire. The territories of Vladimir, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Uglich, and Kozelsk principalities fell under Mongol control.
January 1239: Thereupon Batu Khan divided his army into smaller units, which ransacked fourteen cities of modern-day Russia: Rostov, Uglich, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Kashin, Ksnyatin, Gorodets, Galich, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Dmitrov, Volokolamsk, Tver, and Torzhok.
January 1239: In 1238 Yaroslav was in Kiev, but Pereyaslavl and Tver put up fierce resistance to the Mongols. Pereyaslavl was taken by the Mongol princes together in 5 days .
January 1240: 1239 Mongol ruin.
January 1242: Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia conquered by mongol empire.
January 1243: The Principality of Kiev and surrounding communities became vassal states of the Golden Horde Khanate.
January 1243: In 1242 and 1243, Mongols led by Kublai Khan raided Sichuan, a region in southwestern China.
January 1244: The Galician troops were driven out of Kyiv.
January 1254: Danylo was crowned by the papal legate Opizo de Mezzano in Dorohochyn 1253 as the first King of all Rus.
April 1238: In 1238, during the Mongol invasion of Rus', Batu Khan led the conquest of several principalities including Vladimir, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Uglich, and Kozelsk. These territories fell under the control of the Rostov Principality within the Mongol Empire.
January 1243: Only the Republic of Novgorod escaped the occupation but had to submit to the payment of a tribute.
