1203. A successful campaign of the combined Russian forces against the Polovtsians took place. It was headed by Rurik of Kiev, Roman of Galicia, and Yaroslav of Pereyaslav. After the campaign, the old feud resumed: voivode Roman captured Kiev and tonsured Rurik as a monk. But the" Kiev table " at the insistence of Vsevolod Bolshoe Gnezdo was transferred to his son-in-law Rostislav (son of the deposed Rurik).

1212 Vsevolod Bolshoe Gnezdo died. His reign was marked by an increase in the power and authority of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. With the help of military actions, he achieved vassal subordination of the Ryazan principality. In Kiev and other centers of Southern Russia, his relatives were sitting. Vsevolod appointed his second son Yuri as his successor. But his eldest son, Konstantin, did not agree. Civil strife began in the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality.

1223 The Novgorod and Pskov militia led by Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich make a campaign to the land of the Estonians to support the uprising of local residents against the sword-bearers.

1223 " After our sin, the ungodly Moabites came, who are they that came out of the land, and what is their language, and what is their nation, and what is their faith. And they are called Tatars" - this is how the chronicle writes about the first appearance of a new enemy near the Russian borders - the Mongol-Tatars. A 30-thousandth detachment under the command of generals Jebe and Subedei appeared at the borders of Russia. Before that, the Mongol-Tatar army won a number of victories in Central Asia: it captured Bukhara and Samarkand. The Council of Russian princes decided to move forward to meet the enemy. But on the bank of Kalki (now Kalchik), the united Russian army suffered a heavy defeat.

1227 Death of Genghis Khan. The Mongol-Tatar Empire is divided into Ueuls, and the son of Genghis Khan, Ogedei, becomes the supreme ruler.

1237. A new invasion of the Mongol-Tatars. Batu's army takes Ryazan, the city is burned, the population is slaughtered. Taking revenge on the enemy, the Ryazan Evpaty Kolovrat with 1700 soldiers rushed after him, overtook and crushed the rearguard with a quick blow. But the Mongols surrounded the daredevils, and an unequal battle ensued. Yevpaty Kolovrat was killed, and the khan ordered the survivors to be released.

In 1238, the Mongol-Tatars moved north. After ravaging Moscow, they attack Vladimir. Yuri Vsevolodovich, leaving most of the squad in the city, goes to collect the army. Vladimir is taken by storm. The next day, the Mongols capture Suzdal. At the Sit River, Batu overtakes Yuri Vsevolodovich and deals his army a severe blow. After the defeat of the Russian regiments in the north, the Mongol-Tatars rushed to Novgorod, but before reaching it, they turned south and passed through the eastern borders of the Smolensk and Chernigov principalities. The population of Kozelsk fiercely resisted them, detaining the enemies for two months.

In 1240, Prince Alexander Yaroslavich of Novgorod defeated a 5,000-strong Swedish detachment on the Neva River. For this victory, the prince was nicknamed Nevsky. Then a new Mongol offensive. Batu destroys Pereyaslavl and Chernihiv, then moves south and captures Kiev.

1242 After receiving news of the death of the great Khan Ogedei, Batu returns to Mongolia. There was an Ice battle on Lake Peipsi, where Alexander Nevsky defeated the Livonian knights.

1243 Yaroslav Vsevolodovich receives from the Khan of the Golden Horde a label for the great Vladimir reign.

1252-1263 Vladimir's "Grand Duke's table" is occupied by Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky.

1257-1259 Mongol census of Russian households to determine the size of tribute to the Golden Horde. Revolts against the Mongol-Tatars in Novgorod, Rostov, Suzdal and Yaroslavl. Deciding that the Mongols are less dangerous than the Western invaders, Alexander Nevsky assists the Horde's envoys.

1263 Death in Gorodets of Alexander Nevsky, an outstanding statesman and commander.

1268 In the battle of Rakovor, the united Russian army defeated the troops of the Livonian Order.

From 1270-the beginning of the appanage of the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky, Daniel, in Moscow.

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