A lasting impact 
by aNESSA fEERO

Mongol Impact on Russia

  • a relatively new civilization at the time (Strayer 313-40)
  • Mongols destroyed any political unity Kieva city  had. 
  • Devastation exceeded all other conquests
  • Batu (grandson) and Golden Horde conquered Russia in 1236
  • Tartars (Russian name for Mongols) destroyed Kiev
  • Mongols devastated all that resisted, left submissive tribes undamaged
Economy
  • survivors who surrendered that had skills as craftsmen or where laborers deported to other lands or turned slaves.
  • Russia wasn't well developed, 
  • Taxes on Russians created heavy burden on peasantry, sending thousands into slavery
Politics
  • Mongols conquered Russia, but didn't occupy it.
  •  dominated and exploited Russia from comfortable steppes. 
  •  Mongol policies unintentionally facilitated rise of Moscow as Russian state. 
  • left administration mostly in charge, paying tribute.
  • Division among Mongols and growing strength os state enabled Russians to break control at end of fifteenth century.
  • Moscow as primary tribute for Mongols let princes be in a leading role in renewed Russia at end of domination.
Social Order
  • Nobles who participated in raids got share of loot. 
  • Russian princes adopted Mongols weapons, diplomatic rituals, court practice, taxation system, and military draft for their own use. 
  • nobles flourished while peasantry struggled

Cultural Changes
  • Russian orthodox church flourished under mongol policy of religious toleration exemption from taxes, strengthened church hold
  • Mongols eventually assimilated into culture  of steppes (Kipchak) and lost identity as Mongols
In Russian, The Mongols acted as a stimulus, strengthening the hold of the church and causing the rise of Moscow with the prince's control