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About product NEW BOOK from the author of the bestseller «How the Golden Horde made Russia rich». The final debunking of the myths about the «Mongol-Tatar yoke», which allegedly caused irreparable harm to the entire subsequent history of our country and forever established in Russia the «Horde way of government» — despotism, autocracy, subservience to the ruler; answers to the most controversial and acute questions of the relationship between Russia and the Horde. What was the true scale of the devastation of the Russian lands from Batu’s invasion? How heavy were the Mongol tributes? Why were Russian laws opposite to those of the Horde? Thanks to what has North Russia become the main bridge of civilizations between East and West — from Beijing to London? What role did Alexander Nevsky play in this? What was the big money earned by the Russians from the transcontinental trade was used? Did the Horde have a penchant for stable «doing business»? How did it happen that the main flow of silver from Europe went to «enslaved» Russia? Why were there no garrisons and administrations of the enslavers in Russia, and the Russians concluded all the treaties themselves? What are the real reasons for the Battle of Kulikovo? Why did the unification of the Russian lands eventually take place? Finally, how did «Igo» actually affect the character of Russian statehood? …
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