They used to fear the Tartars and the Mongol hordes in the old Kiev ....
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| Mongol Siege Of Kiev 1240 AD |
..... the Mongol Horde commanded by Batu Khan aka Tsar Batu, founder of the Golden Horde (Part of the Mongol Empire), with his general Subutai, had conquered the Crimean peninsula and captured Moscow.
