Mongol Tatar (Noun)
Meaning
A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Mongol-Tatar invasion of Kievan Rus' had a profound impact on the development of Russian statehood.
- A combined force of Mongol-Tatar warriors pillaged and destroyed the city of Ryazan in 1237.
- Genghis Khan's Mongol-Tatar army swept across Eastern Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
- It was not until the 14th century that the Golden Horde, a Mongol-Tatar khanate, began to weaken.
- Historians have long been fascinated by the role of the Mongol-Tatar conquest in shaping the course of Russian history.