Campaign of Golden horde khan Tokhtamysh to Moscow

Abstract

It is known that the Golden Horde takes a special place among the me- dieval statehoods. It has its history of formation, rise and fall. Policies of the Golden Horde in relation to the Russian government changed depending on who headed it at different times of the rulers. During the reign of Tokhtamysh Khan relations of Golden Horde between the two countries deteriorated so much that Tokhtamysh Khan undertook a military campaign against Moscow. For Moscow and Russian princes of this campaign that gets reflected in the Russian chronicles, it turned in a great hardship. However, surprisingly, this campaign, which had to destroy Moscow, in fact, helped to popularize the name of the Prince of Moscow on Russian land, and among Russian princes raised the role of Moscow as a city – as the unifier of the Russian state. In this article author tells readers the story in detail, which is one of the most signifi- cant pages of Turkic-Russian relations. Here, the effects of reflected conflicting relationship between Tokhtamysh Khan and Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy, and famous Amir Timur who created largest empire in Central Asia. The article clearly and accurately describes the situation related with weakening power of Tokhtamysh and the deterioration of relations with Amir Timur.