A somewhat naive, not to say childish, yet typical Russian Orthodox, combination of hagiography and battle history. The battle of Kulikov in1380 of Russian princes under the leadership of the Moscow prince against the, at the time weakened, Golden Horde has been a nation defining uprising, in which Moskva became the primes inter pares in the Russian lands. A position it still has. There were also princes that fought on the Golden Horde side.
A somewhat naive, not to say childish, yet typical Russian Orthodox, combination of hagiography and battle history. The battle of Kulikov in1380 of Russian princes under the leadership of the Moscow prince against the, at the time weakened, Golden Horde has been a nation defining uprising, in which Moskva became the primes inter pares in the Russian lands. A position it still has. There were also princes that fought on the Golden Horde side.