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Consolidation of the Golden Horde

Type Event Region Eastern Europe Time 1242–1246

From 1242 to 1246, Batu consolidated his ulus along the lower Volga and northern Black Sea steppe, founded Sarai, and established suzerainty over the…

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  1. 1242Lower Volga · Lower VolgaAfter withdrawing from Central Europe, Batu made the lower Volga his base of rule and did not personally attend the kurultai at Karakorum, showing that his ulus already possessed relative independence.
  2. 1242–1246Sarai · Lower VolgaBatu built Sarai on the lower Volga as his capital, established darughachi and other administrative posts, and brought the Kipchak steppe, the Russian principalities, and the northern Caucasus into a system of tribute and military levies.
  3. 1243–1246Russian principalities · Rus'Batu brought Russian principalities such as Vladimir and Novgorod into the Golden Horde's tributary system by collecting tribute (such as the 1243 census) and recognizing or deposing grand princes, forming the prototype of the 'Tatar Yoke'.

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