Golden Horde

The Golden Horde was a Mongol khanate (1241-1502) that invaded Russia and neighbouring regions.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Golden Horde':

  • Cracow Conquered in 1241
  • Derbent “defined the territory ..as extending … in breadth from Bulghar to the Iron Gate [Temür-Qahalqa or Derbent].”
  • Kazan Kremlin “Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate.”
  • Novgorod “It was through talks with the Golden Horde that Alexander Nevsky prevented a Mongol raid on Novgorod.”
  • Walled City of Baku “The city also traded with the Golden Horde,”
  • White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal “In 1262 a rebellion erupted in Suzdal, killing Mongol darughachis and tax-collectors. Only after Alexander Nevsky begged Berke not to punish the Russian people and the Vladimir-Suzdal cities agreed to send large sum of payments, the Golden Horde aborted its punitive expedition.”