How Russia finally CRUSHED the Mongols

#Russia #crushed #Mongols #NogaiKhanate #KazanKhanate"How Russia finally CRUSHED the Mongols. In the 15th century, the Great Horde, a Mongol empire that once controlled vast territories from Crimea to the banks of the Volga River, including the Russian principalities, started to weaken significantly. This decline was due to internal conflicts, power struggles within the Great Horde, and the emergence of splinter khanates such as the Nogai Khanate, the Kazan Khanate, and especially the Crimean Khanate alongside the Great Horde itself. With this fragmentation came a loosening of control over far-flung regions like the Rus principalities, which were practically abandoned by the central government.