The first Mongol attempt to capture Kievan territories occurred in 1223 at the Battle of the Kalka River. The Mongol forces began a heavy military campaign on Kievan Rus' in 1237 under the rule of Batu Khan. Kiev was sacked and taken in 1240, starting a long era of Mongol rule in the region.
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May 1, 2015 · Eight hundred years ago the Mongols attacked Kiev and destroyed the city; today it ... “Mongols Sack Kiev: December 5, 1240.” Russian Life, no. 53 ...
Cultural development and regular contact with the West abruptly ended in 1240, when a massive nomadic horde of Mongols sacked Kiev. ... Kiev in the thirteenth ...