Kulikovo 1380, Campaign 332, Osprey

KULIKOVO 1380: The battle that made Russia

Using specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the victory at Kulikovo in 1380 that heralded the birth of Russian statehood.

The 13th-century Mongol conquest of the Rus'--the principalities of Russia--was devastating and decisive. Cities were lain waste, new dynasties rose, and for a hundred years the Russians were under unquestioned foreign rule. However, the Mongols were conquerors rather than administrators and they chose to rule through subject princes. This allowed the Rurikid dynastic princes of Moscow to rise with unprecedented speed.

With the famed 'Mongol Yoke' loosening, Grand Prince Dmitri of Moscow saw in this an unparalleled opportunity and rebelled. On September 7 1380, his 60,000 troops crossed the Don to take the battle to Mamai's 125,000, which included Armenian and Cherkessk auxiliaries and Genoese mercenaries.

Contents:

• Origins of the campaign
• Chronology
• Opposing commanders
• Opposing armies
• Orders of battle
• Opposing plans
• The campaign
• Aftermath
• The battlefields today
• Further reading
• Index

Author: Mark Galeotti

Illustrator: Darren Tan

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Description: 96 pages, Paperback, 248 X 184 mm.

Condition: NEW COPY

Shipping weight: 470 gr.