early russian battles with invaders from the east
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This PowerPoint presents Russian battles from conflicts with Eastern nomads in Kievan Rus to later battles against the Mongols. It also traces the course of the Mongolian subjugation of Russia through the 1380s.TRANSCRIPT
Early Barbarian Invasions
Pecheneg Migration, 10th-12th Century
Battle on the Dniepr River, 10th CenturyBoris Olshansky
Battle of Yaroslav the Wise Against Pechenegs Under the Walls of Kiev (11th Century)
N. Zinoviev
Invasion of PolovtsyChronicle, 1096
Monomakh Battles Polovtsy(Late 10th, Early 11th Century)
Battle of Slavs and ScythiansViktor Vasnetsov
Igor’s Campaign (1185)Nikolai Roerich, 1942
Igor’s CampaignIvan Bilibin
After Prince Igor’s BattleViktor Vasnetsov, 1880
Prince Ivan and the Defeated ForcesIvan Bilbin
The Mongols
Invasions of Kievan Rus, 9th-13th Century
Mongol Invasion of Europe, 13th Century
Mongol Empire, c. 1300
Genghis Khan (1155/62-1227)
Batu Khan (c. 1205-55)
Tamerlane (1336-1405)
The Battle of Kalka, 1223
Mongols at the Battle of Kalka
Eupaty Kolovrat Defends Riazan, 1237P. Lavintsky
Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan, 1238 16th-Century Illustration
Destruction of Suzdal by MongolsMedieval Annals Illustration
Siege of Kozelsk, 123916th-Century Miniature
Mongol Capture of Kiev, 124016th-Century Illustration
The Mongol Siege of Kiev
Defeat of Rus by the MongolsBoris Olshansky
KhanViktor Matorin
Mikhail of Chernigov at the Camp of Batu Khan(13th Century)Vasily Mirnov
Mongol Tax CollectorsSergei Ivanov, 1902
Battle on the Vozha River (1378)16th-Century Illustration
Dmitry Donskoi Defeats the Mongols in the Battle of
Kulikovo Field, 1380
14-Century Mongol Warrior
14th-Century Mongol Cavalry
Kulikovo Field
Monument on Kulikovo Field, 1848
Dmitry Donskoi (1359-89)Grand Prince of Moscow17th-Century Illustration
Dmitry DonskoiKonstantin Korovin, 1914
Grand Prince St. Dmitry DonskoiSergei Kirillov, 2005
The Hero of KulikovoViktor Maturin
Dmitry Donskoi
St. Dmitry Donskoi
The Blessing of Dmitry Donskoi before the Battle of Kulikovo, 1380Ernest Lissner
St. Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry Donskoi Before the Battle
Nikolai Solomin
Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry DonskoiCathedral of Our Savior, Moscow
Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of KulikovoAdolphe Yvon, 1850
Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of Kulikovo
Dmitry Donskoi on Kulikovo FieldWassily Savonov, 1824
Battle of Kulikovo17th-Century Illustration
Battle of KulikovoAleksandr Bubnov
Battle of Kulikovo
Battle of KulikovoLubok, 1890s
Kulikovo FieldSergei Kirillov, 1995
Duel of Alexander Peresvet and Mamai’s Champion
Viktor Vasnetsov, 1914
Duel at KulikovoMikhail Avil
After the Battle of Kulikovo
ZadonshchinaViktor Matorin
Mamai at the Feet of Dmitry Donskoi, Novgorod Monument
Sack of Moscow by Tokhtamysh (1382)
Warriors in Kievan Rus
Boris Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk (11th Century)
Boris Olshansky
Returning from BattleNikolai Roerich
Knight at the CrossroadsViktor Vasnetsov, 1882
Knight at the Crossroads, Detail
Ilya MurometsViktor Vasnetsov, 1914
Three BogatyriViktor Vasnetsov, 1898