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Great Troubles of the Golden Horde

1359 CE – 1381 CE · 22 years

Two decades of dynastic chaos after Khan Berdi Beg's assassination saw more than twenty khans rise and fall at Sarai, the warlord Mamai dominate the west, and Muscovy score its first open victory at Kulikovo before Tokhtamysh, backed by Timur, reunified the Horde in 1381.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Mamai and his puppet khans (western Horde)
  • Blue Horde / Tokhtamysh faction (backed by Timur)
  • Rival Jochid pretenders at Sarai
  • Grand Duchy of Moscow (Dmitry Donskoy, 1380)

Key moments

Defining events in the Great Troubles of the Golden Horde.

  1. 1362 Battle of Blue Waters
  2. 1380 Battle of Kulikovo
  3. 1381 Battle of the Kalka

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