HIS250Y1 Lecture 5: fall of kievan rus
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Lecture 5: the decline of kievan rus"; the mongol conquest and appanage. Vladimir monomakh (grand prince 1113-1125: the testament of vladimir monomakh, aka the instruction, speaks of 83 major campaigns, good fighter, but also good at staying out of family feuds and troubles. Leading to peace within the royal family for a period. Iaropolk (son of vladimir) also had relatively peaceful reign: crown of monomakh. Early 14th century, but not actually worn by vladimir. Made much later on and given to someone else during mongol rule. Partly because they were required to look at everything as class conflict: change in trade routes, rearrangement of commercial map of europe and it tends to bypass kiev. Mongol invasion: mongol invasion: battle on the river kalka. Very intense battle: rus" lost a lot of princes. Also lost a large number of soldiers: they now knew how serious the mongols were, but their power still remained.
