In this article, we consider a somewhat mysterious events connected with the personality and actions, as well as fragments of alleged biographies of famous historical figures.Today in our country it is called Batu Khan, while living in the Mongol Empire, the vast Jochi Ulus and adjacent lands he was called Batu, after his death, some began to call him Sain Khan.After many centuries of life Batu seems mysterious and incomprehensible.
Name
first discrepancy is associated with the name Batu, whom we used to call Batu.Khan of the Mongol Empire was the only one, it was in fact the title of the king - the president.Batu himself, as you know, the head of the empire had never been.During his life, Khan's title could rightly belong to Temujin (Genghis Khan), Ugedeyu, Guyuk and Mangu.While Ulus Jochi (or Golden Horde) was part of the empire during his lifetime Batu she was not an independent state.Novgorod Chronicle (1242) Batu calls warlord, whom he in fact was.The royal title was assigned Batu chroniclers of a later period, but well entrenched.
Inheritance Jochi Ulus
After the death of the eldest son of Genghis Khan, the most extensive Western possession of the Mongol Empire, is named after the former ruler of the Jochi Ulus, has inherited one of the many (there were about forty) sons of the deceased - Batu.Temujin Khan personally ordered the appointment of the successor of the Jochi Ulus of his grandson.Meanwhile it is known that the Batu was the eldest son of his father, had by that time the reputation of the famous warrior, could not be recognized as a military commander - in 1227 he was only 18 years old.Also, it should be suspected that he was the favorite grandson of his great grandfather.To explain the enigma of this assignment, the validity of which has never been challenged even after the death of Genghis Khan, could only information about the special charisma of the young Batu, its ability to act as an intermediary between the people and the Higher Powers.
command of the Western campaign
By order of Khan Ugedeya campaign headed west Batu.Khan was forced to appoint his nephew Sain Khan (Batu) as a compromise candidate, as other Chingizids (Giiyuk, Storm and Munch) also had their ambitions on the primacy of the hike, they were not going to give each other.Although the campaign plan developed Subutai latter was an associate of Genghis Khan, but was not Genghisides.Appointment of Batu was appropriate also because he was the eldest son of the heir and steward Temurdzhina Jochi Ulus, the expansion of holdings which assumed primarily by the Western campaign.Therefore, Batu was most interested in the successful completion of the mission.
Conquest of Russia
After the conquest of the Bulgarian cities of summer 1237 the combined forces of the Mongolian troops headed north.We will not describe how were conquered Ryazan, Moscow and Vladimir.In this article, we are interested not so much a campaign of Batu Khan, as his separate defy simple explanation, and therefore available only to express versions of individual moments.One such detail is the fact that after the conquest of the principalities Sain Khan left in senior positions loyal to his princes, moreover, it has been left unchanged religious system and the part of the clergy, which did not call for the overthrow of the Khan's power.We can assume that the Batu completely satisfied as the state structure and the religious order of the conquered lands.Proof of this are the regular visits of the Russian princes of the Horde labels - symbols of authority, granted by Khan, as well as exemption of the clergy from taxes.
puzzling episode of the Northern Expedition, ny associated with the abandonment of the conquest of Novgorod.
According to the generally accepted version in March 1238, reaching 100 miles to Novgorod, Batu tumens turned south because of incipient thaw, which would get bogged down an army horse.However, it is believed that Batu Khan in Russia is not so much afraid of off-road and the abyss, as a lack of food for the troops, and fodder for the horses.His horse was a large army.In addition warhorse, each soldier had other horses (1 to 3), which provides fodder due to confiscation captured the villages of winter stocks.By early spring, these stocks have been minimal.But this, of course, one of the versions.Like all the others, it is a matter for debate and not claim the status of truth.
