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Golden Horde (Jochid Ulus)

Type Object Region East European steppe Time 1241–1250

The ulus state established on the Volga–Black Sea steppe by descendants of Jochi of the Mongol Empire, generally considered to have been consolidated…

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  1. 1241–1246Steppe of the Volga River basin · Volga River basinAfter completing his campaigns north of the Caspian, Batu consolidated Kipchak, Bulgar, and other peoples on the foundation of Jochi's appanage, forming the embryo of an ulus state governing the East European steppe and acknowledging vassalage to the great khan's court.
  2. 1243–1250Steppe frontier of the Rus' principalities · Rus' frontierIn the 1240s Golden Horde forces imposed investiture and tribute levies on the principalities of Kievan Rus', establishing an outer suzerain order of the steppe power over the forest–agricultural zone.

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