Fascinating, how liberal were the perceived tyrannical Khans?
Also reflects the Polish-Litguanian treatment.
Read the unroll, not the thread.
Political institutions of the Golden Horde (thread)
Imperiogenesis argument is well known in Russia. Some cheer the Horde for laying foundations of vast empire. Others lament the orientalisation of Russia and adoption of 'Asian despotism'. But how did the Horde itself look like? pic.twitter.com/YVGRYDmmR7