Wolfpaw
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That was the initial invasion. Obviously that was fucking awful and saw vast destruction. But the so-called "Mongol Yoke" is largely the construction of frustrated churchmen who couldn't stand being ruled (however distantly) by infidels. After the initial invasion, Russians went back to paying Russian tax collectors who worked for Russian princes who gave a share to the Russian Grand Prince (who got both his title and all-important tax-collecting authority from the Khan), who finally accompanied the Khan's share on a tributary mission.Well while I do agree that crusaders were no better than mongols, mongol were quite remrkable badasses themselves. You know I used to have done some archeology in Russia. And there are numerous towns that last cultural layer is XIII century. So you can't say that mongols were giving candies to children and did nothing more.
Historically, the rulers of the Golden Horde were more concerned with matters involving the steppe, Iran, and Central Asia than they were with day-to-day business in Russia, whose governance they left to their pet princes. The whole Danilovichi-Yaroslavichi drama is played out against the backdrop of Khan Uzbeg trying to get his damn money from these clowns to pay for his wars against the Il-Khans.And while the thing you are telling us about Golden Hord is true if we speak about Mongol Empire and even about Ulus Jochi it is not true about Golden Horde itself which main spere of interests was Eastern Europe in general and Russia in particularly.
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