Mongols and Rus'. Vernadsky G.

at least two centuries Rus' was part of the Mongol Empire, the largest state in world history, and made a lot to strengthen and prosper: Russian recruits were on the forefront in the Mongolian military campaigns, thousands of Russian artisans worked in the Golden Horde and Mongolia , the Russian Guard in Beijing, which became the capital of the Mongols, served as the support of the imperial court. Those who are used to historical cliches, the book of George Vernadsky may seem very unexpected. At the same time, it relies exclusively on the facts contained in the Mongolian, Chinese, Arab, Central Asian, Russian, European sources. “Mongols and Rus'” is an encyclopedia of the most important period of Russian history. Georgy Vernadsky (1888-1973) is the largest historian of the Russian foreign countries, professor of Yale University, laureate of the Prize “For outstanding merits in Slavic research”, student of Vasily Klyuchevsky and son of the great thinker Vladimir Vernadsky.