The Golden Horde Period. Part of Asia. Volume 2

The second volume of "The History of the Russian State. The Golden Horde Period" covers the period from 1223 to 1462.
"In the biography of any country, there are beautiful chapters that flatter national pride, and ugly ones that one wants... to forget or mythologize.
The era of Mongol rule in Russian history is the least pleasant. It is a heavy trauma of historical memory: times of humiliation, disintegration, and loss of statehood. Writing and reading about the events of the 13th to 15th centuries is initially a rather depressive activity. However, gradually the mood changes. The process of healing wounds, of revival, is both stirring and captivating.
There is something of a Russian fairy tale in it: Rus was sprinkled with dead water, then with living water - and it resurrected, becoming stronger than before. The Tatar-Mongol conquest brought much grief and suffering, but at the same time, it demonstrated the viability of a country that withstood a terrible test and managed to create a new statehood in place of the former, which perished."