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Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Leo de Hartog. Russia and the Mongol Yoke: The History of the Russian Principal- ities and the Golden Horde, 1221-1502. London/New York: British Academic Press, I. B. Tauris, Publisher, 1996. Maps. Genealogical Tables. 211 pp. In this short but dense book Leo de Hartog tries to present an integrated history of the East Slavs and the Kipchak Khanate from their earliest contact through the end of the reign of Ivan III, with a particular emphasis on military matters. Intro- ductory chapters discuss the East Slavs before the Mongol conquest and the rise of the Mongol empire; these are followed by narratives of the evolution of the East Slavic principalities and the Horde until the destruction of the Great Horde in 1503. A short final chapter appraises the Mongol influence on Russia. De Hartog borrows, often verbatim, material on the history of the Mongol Em- pire, the raid that culminated in the battle on the Kalka, the Mongol campaigns of conquest against Russia, Europe and the Middle East, and the early history of the Volga Horde from his earlier biography of Chinggis Khan.1 Unfortunately some of the stereotypes and misjudgments of the Mongols of that volume http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Russian History Brill

Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus

Russian History , Volume 24 (4): 457 – Jan 1, 1997
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© 1997 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0094-288X
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BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Leo de Hartog. Russia and the Mongol Yoke: The History of the Russian Principal- ities and the Golden Horde, 1221-1502. London/New York: British Academic Press, I. B. Tauris, Publisher, 1996. Maps. Genealogical Tables. 211 pp. In this short but dense book Leo de Hartog tries to present an integrated history of the East Slavs and the Kipchak Khanate from their earliest contact through the end of the reign of Ivan III, with a particular emphasis on military matters. Intro- ductory chapters discuss the East Slavs before the Mongol conquest and the rise of the Mongol empire; these are followed by narratives of the evolution of the East Slavic principalities and the Horde until the destruction of the Great Horde in 1503. A short final chapter appraises the Mongol influence on Russia. De Hartog borrows, often verbatim, material on the history of the Mongol Em- pire, the raid that culminated in the battle on the Kalka, the Mongol campaigns of conquest against Russia, Europe and the Middle East, and the early history of the Volga Horde from his earlier biography of Chinggis Khan.1 Unfortunately some of the stereotypes and misjudgments of the Mongols of that volume

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