34.2 Battle of Kulikovo 1380

A History of Europe, Key Battles

Carl Rylett

History

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🗓️ 17 March 2017

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In September 1380 Grand Prince Dmitri of Moscow led an army which confronted an invasion force of Mongols on the banks of the River Don. After his victory he became known to history as Dmitri Donskoi, and a great Russian hero. But to what extent is it justified to portray Dmitri as a symbol of Russian resistance against Tatar repression?

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0:56.6	Grand Prince Ivan, the first of Moscow, also known as Ivan Kalita, is one of the most celebrated
1:02.5	of Russian medieval princes, credited with building the foundations for Moscow's future successes.
1:09.4	Known for his great wealth, hence his nickname Kalita, which means moneybags,
1:13.9	Ivan was able to buy lands around Moscow from impoverished local landowners.
1:19.6	Also important was the decision in 1325 of Metropolitan Peter
1:23.5	to move his residence to Ivan's capital
1:25.9	and to prepare a tomb for himself in a new stone
1:29.1	church of the Domitian. As way of explanation, the term metropolitan was the word used for the
1:37.5	local Orthodox church leader, similar in some ways to the position of Archbishop. In this period,
1:46.6	only one metropolitan was assigned to Russia,
1:49.0	so from that time on it was Moscow,
1:52.9	which was to be the residence of the head of the Russian Orthodox hierarchy,
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