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*grandson, Pir Muhammad
December 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
*grandson, Pir Muhammad
7. Bishop Reynald wrote in the autumn of 1239. The Mongols invaded the kingdom of Hungary a year and a half later.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
7. Bishop Reynald wrote in the autumn of 1239. The Mongols invaded the kingdom of Hungary a year and a half later.
6. Luard, Henry R. (ed.). London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865, p. 325.
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Annales monastici
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December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
6. Luard, Henry R. (ed.). London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1865, p. 325.
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5. And this will be seen and witnessed with people’s own eyes – what I believe and what I, bishop of Hungary, say – within five years.”
Annales monastici. Vol. II: Annales monasterii de Wintonia (A.D. 519–1277); Annales monasterii de Waverleia (A.D. 1–1291) /
Annales monastici. Vol. II: Annales monasterii de Wintonia (A.D. 519–1277); Annales monasterii de Waverleia (A.D. 1–1291) /
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
5. And this will be seen and witnessed with people’s own eyes – what I believe and what I, bishop of Hungary, say – within five years.”
Annales monastici. Vol. II: Annales monasterii de Wintonia (A.D. 519–1277); Annales monasterii de Waverleia (A.D. 1–1291) /
Annales monastici. Vol. II: Annales monasterii de Wintonia (A.D. 519–1277); Annales monasterii de Waverleia (A.D. 1–1291) /
4. And the lands and property that they encounter, they devastate. They destroyed everything as far as the [Dnipro] river mentioned above. Let everyone who hears this beware and accept without a doubt.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
4. And the lands and property that they encounter, they devastate. They destroyed everything as far as the [Dnipro] river mentioned above. Let everyone who hears this beware and accept without a doubt.
3. Omnia destruxerunt usque ad aquam predictam. Caveant omnes, qui hoc audierint, et pro certo hoc habeant; et hoc videbitur et oculis probabitur, ut credo, ego dico, episcopus Hungarie, infra .V. annos
= Also, know that they (the Mongols) will come as soon as they can.
= Also, know that they (the Mongols) will come as soon as they can.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
3. Omnia destruxerunt usque ad aquam predictam. Caveant omnes, qui hoc audierint, et pro certo hoc habeant; et hoc videbitur et oculis probabitur, ut credo, ego dico, episcopus Hungarie, infra .V. annos
= Also, know that they (the Mongols) will come as soon as they can.
= Also, know that they (the Mongols) will come as soon as they can.
2. This phrase by Mark Rutte reminds me of the following fragment from a letter from bishop Raynald of Transylvania addressed to the Parisian bishop William of Auvergne:
“Preterea sciatis, quod venient quam citius poterunt. Omnes autem terras et facultates, quas inveniunt, devastant.
“Preterea sciatis, quod venient quam citius poterunt. Omnes autem terras et facultates, quas inveniunt, devastant.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
2. This phrase by Mark Rutte reminds me of the following fragment from a letter from bishop Raynald of Transylvania addressed to the Parisian bishop William of Auvergne:
“Preterea sciatis, quod venient quam citius poterunt. Omnes autem terras et facultates, quas inveniunt, devastant.
“Preterea sciatis, quod venient quam citius poterunt. Omnes autem terras et facultates, quas inveniunt, devastant.
Let me clarify that the Mongols encountered the Alans somewhere in the Stavropol’ region, and not in the Lower Volga region.
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Let me clarify that the Mongols encountered the Alans somewhere in the Stavropol’ region, and not in the Lower Volga region.
5. Timur’s forces were unlikely to have attacked Gülistan, mistakenly called New Sarai on the map, since it had been ravaged 30 years earlier during the Time of Troubles and was an insignificant town at the time of Timur’s invasion.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
5. Timur’s forces were unlikely to have attacked Gülistan, mistakenly called New Sarai on the map, since it had been ravaged 30 years earlier during the Time of Troubles and was an insignificant town at the time of Timur’s invasion.
4, Finally, at the end of the year, he moved to the Lower Volga region and ravaged Hajji Tarkhan, while his son, Pir Muhammad, burned Sarai at the Selitrennoe ancient settlement.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
4, Finally, at the end of the year, he moved to the Lower Volga region and ravaged Hajji Tarkhan, while his son, Pir Muhammad, burned Sarai at the Selitrennoe ancient settlement.
3, Only after this did Timur descend to the south and ravage Azaq in order to continue military operations against the highlanders of the North Caucasus.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
3, Only after this did Timur descend to the south and ravage Azaq in order to continue military operations against the highlanders of the North Caucasus.
2. In fact, after his victory at the Terek, Amir Timur pursued Toqtamïsh as far as Ukek (Ügek here) and then turned to the Dnipro, where he defeated amirs Aqtau and Beg Yarïq. The latter fled northeast and was overtaken by Timur in the upper reaches of the Don.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
2. In fact, after his victory at the Terek, Amir Timur pursued Toqtamïsh as far as Ukek (Ügek here) and then turned to the Dnipro, where he defeated amirs Aqtau and Beg Yarïq. The latter fled northeast and was overtaken by Timur in the upper reaches of the Don.
Here's the long version. I heard a shortened version of it spoken by a Ukrainian in 2015.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here's the long version. I heard a shortened version of it spoken by a Ukrainian in 2015.
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Okay. I'm familiar with another version, where the Pole rejoices over the fact that the Mongols kill and rape Russians two times more often than Poles.
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Okay. I'm familiar with another version, where the Pole rejoices over the fact that the Mongols kill and rape Russians two times more often than Poles.
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
Sorry for the misunderstanding!
The joke pokes fun at the strife between Slavs, as I know it. In reality, Russians are not brothers to either Poles or Ukrainians
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The joke pokes fun at the strife between Slavs, as I know it. In reality, Russians are not brothers to either Poles or Ukrainians
Yes, this joke was funny until February 24, 2022
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Yes, this joke was funny until February 24, 2022
9. nevertheless he was forced to raise the siege due to the stubborn resistance of the Poles and Ruthenians who defended the fortress.”
Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, D 1471: 3, fol. 109r, 36.
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Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, D 1471: 3, fol. 109r, 36.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
9. nevertheless he was forced to raise the siege due to the stubborn resistance of the Poles and Ruthenians who defended the fortress.”
Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, D 1471: 3, fol. 109r, 36.
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Stockholm, Kungliga biblioteket, D 1471: 3, fol. 109r, 36.
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8. After the devastation, he burned Kyiv and took many families and many people of both sexes into captivity. And although he laid siege to the citadel of Kyiv and continued the siege for some time by means of frequent attacks to capture it,
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
8. After the devastation, he burned Kyiv and took many families and many people of both sexes into captivity. And although he laid siege to the citadel of Kyiv and continued the siege for some time by means of frequent attacks to capture it,
7. = Edigü, the ruler of the Tartars, who had the power to change the entire empire of the Tartars, by whose command the troops and legions accepted and expelled emperors, came with a strong army against Rus’, unexpectedly attacked Kyiv and destroyed it, all its environs and all the churches.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
7. = Edigü, the ruler of the Tartars, who had the power to change the entire empire of the Tartars, by whose command the troops and legions accepted and expelled emperors, came with a strong army against Rus’, unexpectedly attacked Kyiv and destroyed it, all its environs and all the churches.
6. Et licet castrum Kiyow obsidione cinxisset et ejus obsidionem aliquanto tempore continuasset, faciendo frequentes pro illius conquisitione impugnationes, Polonis tamen et Ruthenis, qui arcem observabant, probe resistentibus, coactus fuit ab illo facere discessionem
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
6. Et licet castrum Kiyow obsidione cinxisset et ejus obsidionem aliquanto tempore continuasset, faciendo frequentes pro illius conquisitione impugnationes, Polonis tamen et Ruthenis, qui arcem observabant, probe resistentibus, coactus fuit ab illo facere discessionem
5. venit cum valido exercitu contra Russiam et, improvise in civitatem Kiyow irruens, spoliavit eam et omnia ejus vicinia, omnesque ecclesias, spoliatamque igne incendit multamque familiam et hominum multitudinem utriusque sexus in captivitatem deduxit.
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
5. venit cum valido exercitu contra Russiam et, improvise in civitatem Kiyow irruens, spoliavit eam et omnia ejus vicinia, omnesque ecclesias, spoliatamque igne incendit multamque familiam et hominum multitudinem utriusque sexus in captivitatem deduxit.
4. Thirdly, Edigü burned Kyiv in the summer of 1416.
Here is Jan Długosz’s description:
“Tartarorum princeps Ediga, in cujus /fol. 109v/ potestate universum Tartarorum imperium vertebatur, ad cujus nutum imperatores per exercitus et legiones assumebantur et ejiciebantur,
Here is Jan Długosz’s description:
“Tartarorum princeps Ediga, in cujus /fol. 109v/ potestate universum Tartarorum imperium vertebatur, ad cujus nutum imperatores per exercitus et legiones assumebantur et ejiciebantur,
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
4. Thirdly, Edigü burned Kyiv in the summer of 1416.
Here is Jan Długosz’s description:
“Tartarorum princeps Ediga, in cujus /fol. 109v/ potestate universum Tartarorum imperium vertebatur, ad cujus nutum imperatores per exercitus et legiones assumebantur et ejiciebantur,
Here is Jan Długosz’s description:
“Tartarorum princeps Ediga, in cujus /fol. 109v/ potestate universum Tartarorum imperium vertebatur, ad cujus nutum imperatores per exercitus et legiones assumebantur et ejiciebantur,
1. The “Resurrection Chronicle” on the reason why Edigü decided to lift the siege of Moscow in December 1408.
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“Царь же Булат в ужасе зело бысть. И посылает вскоре на Русь по Едигея скоро[по]сольники своя, веляще ему без всякого пождания поити к себе со многою скоростию,
#mongolsky
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“Царь же Булат в ужасе зело бысть. И посылает вскоре на Русь по Едигея скоро[по]сольники своя, веляще ему без всякого пождания поити к себе со многою скоростию,
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM