Early Barbarian Invasions

Pecheneg Migration, 10th-12th Century

Battle on the Dniepr River, 10th CenturyBoris Olshansky

Battle of Yaroslav the Wise Against Pechenegs Under the Walls of Kiev (11th Century)

N. Zinoviev

Invasion of PolovtsyChronicle, 1096

Monomakh Battles Polovtsy(Late 10th, Early 11th Century)

Battle of Slavs and ScythiansViktor Vasnetsov

Igor’s Campaign (1185)Nikolai Roerich, 1942

Igor’s CampaignIvan Bilibin

After Prince Igor’s BattleViktor Vasnetsov, 1880

Prince Ivan and the Defeated ForcesIvan Bilbin

The Mongols

Invasions of Kievan Rus, 9th-13th Century

Mongol Invasion of Europe, 13th Century

Mongol Empire, c. 1300

Genghis Khan (1155/62-1227)

Batu Khan (c. 1205-55)

Tamerlane (1336-1405)

The Battle of Kalka, 1223

Mongols at the Battle of Kalka

Eupaty Kolovrat Defends Riazan, 1237P. Lavintsky

Sacking of Suzdal by Batu Khan, 1238 16th-Century Illustration

Destruction of Suzdal by MongolsMedieval Annals Illustration

Siege of Kozelsk, 123916th-Century Miniature

Mongol Capture of Kiev, 124016th-Century Illustration

The Mongol Siege of Kiev

Defeat of Rus by the MongolsBoris Olshansky

KhanViktor Matorin

Mikhail of Chernigov at the Camp of Batu Khan(13th Century)Vasily Mirnov

Mongol Tax CollectorsSergei Ivanov, 1902

Battle on the Vozha River (1378)16th-Century Illustration

Dmitry Donskoi Defeats the Mongols in the Battle of

Kulikovo Field, 1380

14-Century Mongol Warrior

14th-Century Mongol Cavalry

Kulikovo Field

Monument on Kulikovo Field, 1848

Dmitry Donskoi (1359-89)Grand Prince of Moscow17th-Century Illustration

Dmitry DonskoiKonstantin Korovin, 1914

Grand Prince St. Dmitry DonskoiSergei Kirillov, 2005

The Hero of KulikovoViktor Maturin

Dmitry Donskoi

St. Dmitry Donskoi

The Blessing of Dmitry Donskoi before the Battle of Kulikovo, 1380Ernest Lissner

St. Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry Donskoi Before the Battle

Nikolai Solomin

Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry DonskoiCathedral of Our Savior, Moscow

Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of KulikovoAdolphe Yvon, 1850

Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of Kulikovo

Dmitry Donskoi on Kulikovo FieldWassily Savonov, 1824

Battle of Kulikovo17th-Century Illustration

Battle of KulikovoAleksandr Bubnov

Battle of Kulikovo

Battle of KulikovoLubok, 1890s

Kulikovo FieldSergei Kirillov, 1995

Duel of Alexander Peresvet and Mamai’s Champion

Viktor Vasnetsov, 1914

Duel at KulikovoMikhail Avil

After the Battle of Kulikovo

ZadonshchinaViktor Matorin

Mamai at the Feet of Dmitry Donskoi, Novgorod Monument

Sack of Moscow by Tokhtamysh (1382)

Warriors in Kievan Rus

Boris Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk (11th Century)

Boris Olshansky

Returning from BattleNikolai Roerich

Knight at the CrossroadsViktor Vasnetsov, 1882

Knight at the Crossroads, Detail

Ilya MurometsViktor Vasnetsov, 1914

Three BogatyriViktor Vasnetsov, 1898