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Disintegration of the Golden Horde

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1410–1419

In the 1410s, after Edigu's death the Golden Horde fell into rival khans and powerful ministers, with the Great Horde, Kazan, Crimea, and Nogai succe…

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  1. 1410–1412Sarai · Volga River basinAfter the powerful minister Edigu died, the Golden Horde's central authority collapsed; tribal leaders and throne contenders attacked one another, and the court could no longer control the vast steppe and vassal states.
  2. 1413–1419Eastern European steppe and Volga–Ural region · Eurasian steppeThe Great Horde, Kazan Khanate, Crimea Khanate, and Nogai each went their own way; the Golden Horde's nominal unity split into multiple rival polities, and vassals such as the Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually threw off tributary bondage.

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