The Contest for North - Russia, The Golden Horde and Lithuania: A History of Russia from Rus Khaganate to Peter the Great

This book is a general introduction to the History of Russia focussing on the events which shaped it's history from the start of it's history till it became a power of note in the 1700s. Tracing the history from Rus Khaganate till Peter the Great, the book covers the history of three major players in the area -Rus Khaganate, Kievan Rus, Vladimir, Moscow and Moscow transitioning into RussiaLithuania and later it's successor states of Polish-Lithuanian Union and Polish-Lithuanian CommonwealthGolden Horde and it's successor Khanates - Astrakhan, Crimea, Kazan and the Nogai HordeThe narrative sufficiently entwines the players in the theatre and on the other hand, the book can be read by picking the chapters dealing with a specific theme separately.Read more