1203. A successful campaign of the combined Russian forces against the Polovtsians took place. It was headed by Rurik of Kiev, Roman of Galicia, and Yaroslav of Pereyaslav. After the campaign, the old feud resumed: voivode Roman captured Kiev and tonsured Rurik as a monk. But the" Kiev table " at the insistence of Vsevolod Bolshoe Gnezdo was transferred to his son-in-law Rostislav (son of the deposed Rurik). 1212 Vsevolod Bolshoe Gnezdo died. His reign was marked by an increase in the power and authority of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. With the help of military actions, he achieved vassal subordination of the Ryazan principality. In Kiev and other centers of Southern Russia, his relatives were sitting. Vsevolod appointed his second son Yuri as his successor. But his eldest son, Konstantin, did not agree. Civil strife began in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. 1223 The Novgorod and Pskov militia led by Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich make a campaign to the land of the Estonians to support the uprising of local residents against the sword-bearers. 1223 " After our sin, the ungodly Moabites came, who are they that came out of the land, and what is their language, and what is their nation, and what is their faith. And they are called Tatars" - this is how the chronicle writes about the first appearance of a new enemy near the Russian borders - the Mongol-Tatars. A 30-thousandth detachment under the command of generals Jebe and Subedei appeared at the borders of Russia. Before that, the Mongol-Tatar army won a number of victories in Central Asia: it captured Bukhara and Samarkand. The Council of Russian princes decided to move forward to meet the enemy. But on the bank of Kalki (now Kalchik), the united Russian army suffered a heavy defeat. 1227 Death of Genghis Khan. The Mongol-Tatar Empire is divided into Ueuls, and the son of Genghis Khan, Ogedei, becomes the supreme ruler. 1237. A new invasion of the Mongol-Tatars. Batu's army takes Ryazan, the city is burned ... Read more