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415:, tricked the Muscovite citizens into surrendering the city. This happened when they opened the gates to the Mongols and their Rus' allies on 26 August 1382, whereupon they immediately sacked the city. According to Crummey (1987, 2014), the besiegers lured Ostei out of the fortress under the pretense of seeking negotiations, killed him, and then broke into the Muscovite citadel, put many of its defenders to the sword, and destroyed large parts of Moscow city. Tokhtamysh ordered his troops to also pillage many smaller towns in the surrounding region afterwards. These included Serpukhov, Pereyaslavl, and Kolomna. As his army went home to the south, it also sacked the principality of Riazan along the way. 46: 378:
not unity, but distrust. And then, the pious prince came to an understanding and enlightenment, and after consideration, became perplexed and lost in thought, thereafter he became afraid to take a stand against the tsar himself. And he did not go to battle against him, and did not raise his hands
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to become the undisputed khan of the Golden Horde, he wanted to make Moscow an example of what happened if anyone dared defy Mongol supremacy over the principalities. Tokhtamysh allied himself (in part through coercion) with the princes of Tver, Ryazan, and Nizhny Novgorod against Muscovy, and
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Dmitri Donskoy was forced to reaffirm his allegiance to the Golden Horde, and resumed paying the tribute (which was probably increased as punishment). Although Tokhtamysh did not deprive Donskoy of the title of grand prince of Vladimir, he did take his son
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Kirpichnikov stated: "There is no dispute that Tokhtamysh's invasion of Moscow slowed the unification of the country and revived the separatism of some local rulers who rival the grand duke."
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at Kulikovo two years earlier, abandoned his capital and fled north, leaving the dismayed citizens of Moscow to ask a Lithuanian prince named Ostei (or Ostej), a grandson of
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Tales of Mongol Attacks on Russia After the Battle of Kulikovo. The Tale of Tokhtamysh's Campaign Against Moscow – History of Russian Literature
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The siege of Moscow in 1382 was motivated by khan Tokhtamysh's desire to punish Muscovy for its audacity to challenge the authority of the
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hostage for several years (until he escaped upon his second attempt, and imposed a heavy tribute on all of Vladimir-Suzdalia).
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contains an account of the 1382 siege of Moscow. As the khan's forces drew nearer, it narrates:
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who was defeated at Kulikovo, and Tokhtamysh personally defeated Mamai the next year at the
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The Muscovite defenders are recorded to have used traditional weapons such as arrows and
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Russia and the Golden Horde: The Mongol Impact on Medieval Russian History
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The princes of Nizhniy Novgorod, who were the brothers-in-law of
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Conflict between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Golden Horde
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Defense of Moscow from khan Tokhtamysh (Apollinary Vasnetsov)
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Between East and West: The Formation of the Moscow State
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launched a surprise attack on the city in 1382. Prince
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Siege of Moscow (disambiguation)
Great Troubles

Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible
Moscow
55°45′21″N 37°37′2″E / 55.75583°N 37.61722°E / 55.75583; 37.61722
Golden Horde
Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Principality of Moscow
Tokhtamysh
Vasiliy Kirdyapa
Ostei
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Great Troubles
Blue Waters
Shishevsky Forest
Pyana River
Lithuanian–Muscovite War
Trosna River
Sary-Aka
Muscovite–Volga Bulgars war
Pyana River
Vozha River
Kulikovo
Kalka River

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