A Multi-Authored Monograph. — Kazan: Sh. Marjani Institute of History of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, 2017. — 968 p. + 28 p. with colour insert. — (Tartaria Magna Series). — ISBN: 978-5-94981-254-9.
This monograph presents research into the history of the Golden Horde that represents its role in world history, and contains key contemporary studies by leading scholars from the Russian and foreign academic centres.
The cover design features the image of ‘Mounted Batyr’, which belongs to the brand ‘Cultural and historical heritage of Tatarstan’.
Foreword (Rafael Khakimov, Marie Favereau).
Introduction (Vadim Trepavlov).
Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the 12th–Beginning of the 13th Centuries.Nomadic Empires of Central Asia (Nikolay Kradin).
Khwarezm, the Eastern Kipchaks and Volga Bulgaria in the Late 12–early 13th Centuries (Dmitry Timokhin, Vladimir Tishin).
The Nomads of Eastern Europe in the Early 13th Century (Vladimir Ivanov).
The Kingdom of Hungary and the Cumans Shortly before the Western Campaign of the Mongols (Roman Hautala).
The Mongol Empire and Its Role in World History (Nikolay Kradin).
The Formation of the Ulus of Jochi.Jochi—The First Ruler of the Ulus (Ilnur Mirgaleyev).
The Conquest of Khwarezm by Mongol Troops (1219–1221) (Dmitry Timokhin).
The Conquest of Russian Lands in 1237–1240 (Alexander Majorov).
The Campaign of Conquest of Central Europe: Military Force and Secret Diplomacy (Alexander Majorov).
The Formation of the Ulus of Jochi (Vadim Trepavlov).
The Politics of the Ulus of Jochi.The Administrative Structure. Administrative Organisation (Vadim Trepavlov).
Territorial Organisation of the Ulus of Jochi (Territory to the West of the Don) (Boris Cherkas).
The Law of the Golden Horde. Taxation. Court Etiquette and the Protocol (Roman Pochekaev).
Interrelations of Rus’ with the Jochid Ulus (Charles J. Halperin).
Left Wing of the Ulus of Jochi in the 13–the Beginning of the 15th Centuries (Kanat Uskenbay).
Languages Used in the Records Keeping and Paperwork Culture of the Golden Horde (Lenar Abzalov).
The Golden Age of the Ulus of Jochi.First Rulers of the Ulus of Jochi (Roman Pochekaev).
The Golden Age of the Ulus of Jochi: The Rule of Öz Beg and Jani Beg (Roman Pochekaev).
Military Science in the Golden Horde (Emil Seydaliyev).
The Population of the Ulus of Jochi and the Development of the Medieval Tatar Ethnos.The Ethnonym ‘Tatar’ at Different Stages of Eurasian History (Rafael Khakimov).
Interconfessional Population of the Ulus of Jochi.
Russians (Yuri Seleznyov).
Peoples of the Volga-Ural Region (Vladimir Ivanov).
Armenians (Alexander Osipyan).Catholic Missionaries in the Golden Horde (Roman Hautala).
The Golden Horde and Its Neighbours.The Golden Horde and the Mamluks (Marie Favereau).
The Golden Horde and Anatolia (Ilnur Mirgaleyev).
The Golden Horde and the Yuan Dynasty (Zhào Zhū Chén).
Between Steppe Khanates: Relations Between the Chagataids and the Golden Horde (1260–1370) (Michal Biran).
Relations with the Ilkhans (Ilnur Mirgaleyev).
The Confrontation Between the Ulus of Jochi and the Catholic Europe from the Mid-13th to the Mid-14th Сenturies (Roman Hautala).
The Golden Horde and the Balkans (13–14th Сenturies) (Aleksandar Uzelac).
The Domination of the Golden Horde in the Romanian Regions (Victor Spinei).
The Civilisation of the Golden Horde.The Golden Horde as a Сivilisation (Based on Archaeological Materials) (Mark Kramarovsky).
Environmental and Economic Criteria of Civilisation in the Golden Horde (Eduard Kulpin-Gubaydullin).
The Islamic Culture of the Golden Horde (Elmira Sayfetdinova).
Architecture and Art in the Golden Horde (Emma Zilivinskaya).
The Language of Written Records from the Golden Horde Period (Fanuza Nurieva).
Literature of the Ulus of Jochi and the Post–Golden Horde Tatar Khanates (Khatip Minnegulov).
Formation of the Historiographic Tradition (Elmira Sayfetdinova).
Multilingualism and Cultural Interactions in the Golden Horde (István Vásáry).
Economy, Crafts, and Trade.The Nomadic Population of the Ulus of Jochi (Vladimir Ivanov).
Agriculture, Cattle Breeding, Crafts, and Trade (Leonard Nedashkovsky).
Tatars and Merchants on the Black Sea Border in the 13th and 14th Centuries: When Interests and Conflicts Align (Nicola Di Cosmo).
The Genoese and the Golden Horde (Michel Balard).
International and Domestic Trade (Leonard Nedashkovsky).
Jochid Money and Monetary Policy in the 13–15th Centuries (Pavel Petrov).
Cities of the Golden Horde (Emma Zilivinskaya, Dmitry Vasilyev).
Natural, Social and Economic Crises.Climate Change in Central Eurasia and the Golden Horde (Uli Schamiloglu).
The Impact of the Black Death on the Golden Horde: Politics, Economy, Society, Civilisation (Uli Schamiloglu).
The Break Up of the Ulus of Jochi.The Time of Troubles in the 1360s and 1370s (Ilnur Mirgaleyev).
Attempts to Restore the Golden Horde at the End of the 14—Beginning of the 15th Century (Ilnur Mirgaleyev).
Struggle for Power in the First Half of the 15th Century (Roman Reva).
Factors and Peculiarities Contributing to the Disintegration of the Ulus of Jochi (Vadim Trepavlov).
The Later Golden Horde Time.The Jochid Ulus in the 15–16th Centuries: the Inertia of Unity (Vadim Trepavlov).
The Great Horde (Vadim Trepavlov).
The Astrakhan Yurt (Ilya Zaitsev).
Ulug Ulus (the Crimean Khanate) (Vladislav Gulevich).
Vilayate Kazan (The Kazan Khanate) (Anvar Aksanov).
'The Meshchera Yurt' (Kasimov Khanate) (Bulat Rakhimzyanov).
Tyumen and the Siberian Yurts (Denis Maslyuzhenko).
Tatar Political Structures in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: the 'T'ma' (Tumen) of Jahołdaj (Ilya Zaitsev).
Tatars in the Balkans (Tahsin Gemil).
Tatars in the Muscovite State (Andrey Belyakov).
The Manghit Yurt (the Nogai Horde) (Vadim Trepavlov).
The Domains of the Shibanids in Central Asia (Denis Maslyuzhenko).
The Kazakh Khanate (Alexander Nesterov).
The Political Development of the Tatar States in the 15–18th Сenturies.The Legal Culture of the Tatar States in the 15–18th Centuries: the Heritage of the Golden Horde and Islamic Institutes (Roman Pochekaev).
Tatar-Russian Relations in the 15th Century (Anton Gorsky).
Tatar-Russian Relations in the 16–18th Centuries (Ilya Zaitsev).
Tatar Yurts and the Ottoman Empire (Ilya Zaitsev).
Relations Between Tatar States and the Polish-Lithuanian State (Dariusz Kołodziejczyk).
The Heritage of Chinggis Khan's State on European Maps of the 15–18th Сenturies (Igor Fomenko).
Conclusion. The Golden Horde and Tatar Yurts in World History (Vadim Trepavlov).