This PowerPoint presents Russian battles from conflicts with Eastern nomads in Kievan Rus to later battles against the Mongols. It also traces the course of the Mongolian subjugation of Russia through the 1380s.

1. Early Barbarian Invasions

2. Pecheneg Migration, 10th-12th Century

4. Battle on the Dniepr River, 10th Century Boris Olshansky

5. Battle of Yaroslav the Wise Against Pechenegs Under the Walls of Kiev (11th Century) N. Zinoviev

6. Invasion of Polovtsy Chronicle, 1096

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

9. Battle of Slavs and Scythians Viktor Vasnetsov

10. Igor’s Campaign (1185) Nikolai Roerich, 1942

11. Igor’s Campaign Ivan Bilibin

12. After Prince Igor’s Battle Viktor Vasnetsov, 1880

13. Prince Ivan and the Defeated Forces Ivan Bilbin

14. The Mongols

15. Invasions of Kievan Rus, 9th-13th Century

16. Mongol Invasion of Europe, 13th Century

17. Mongol Empire, c. 1300

18. Genghis Khan (1155/62-1227)

19. Batu Khan (c. 1205-55)

20. Tamerlane (1336-1405)

21. The Battle of Kalka , 1223

22. Mongols at the Battle of Kalka

23. Eupaty Kolovrat Defends Riazan, 1237 P. Lavintsky

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

25. Destruction of Suzdal by Mongols Medieval Annals Illustration

26. Siege of Kozelsk, 1239 16th-Century Miniature

27. Mongol Capture of Kiev, 1240 16th-Century Illustration

28. The Mongol Siege of Kiev

29. Defeat of Rus by the Mongols Boris Olshansky

30. Khan Viktor Matorin

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

32. Mongol Tax Collectors Sergei Ivanov, 1902

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

34. Dmitry Donskoi Defeats the Mongols in the Battle of Kulikovo Field, 1380

35. 14-Century Mongol Warrior

36. 14th-Century Mongol Cavalry

37. Kulikovo Field

38. Monument on Kulikovo Field, 1848

39. Dmitry Donskoi (1359-89) Grand Prince of Moscow 17th-Century Illustration

40. Dmitry Donskoi Konstantin Korovin, 1914

41. Grand Prince St. Dmitry Donskoi Sergei Kirillov, 2005

42. The Hero of Kulikovo Viktor Maturin

43. Dmitry Donskoi

44. St. Dmitry Donskoi

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

46. St. Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry Donskoi Before the Battle Nikolai Solomin

47. Sergius of Radonezh Blessing Dmitry Donskoi Cathedral of Our Savior, Moscow

48. Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of Kulikovo Adolphe Yvon, 1850

49. Dmitry Donskoi in the Battle of Kulikovo

50. Dmitry Donskoi on Kulikovo Field Wassily Savonov, 1824

51. Battle of Kulikovo 17th-Century Illustration

52. Battle of Kulikovo Aleksandr Bubnov

53. Battle of Kulikovo

54. Battle of Kulikovo Lubok, 1890s

55. Kulikovo Field Sergei Kirillov, 1995

56. Duel of Alexander Peresvet and Mamai’s Champion Viktor Vasnetsov, 1914

57. Duel at Kulikovo Mikhail Avil

58. After the Battle of Kulikovo

59. Zadonshchina Viktor Matorin

60. Mamai at the Feet of Dmitry Donskoi, Novgorod Monument

61. Sack of Moscow by Tokhtamysh (1382)

62. Warriors in Kievan Rus

63. Boris Vseslavich, Prince of Polotsk (11th Century) Boris Olshansky

64. Returning from Battle Nikolai Roerich

65. Knight at the Crossroads Viktor Vasnetsov, 1882

66. Knight at the Crossroads , Detail

67. Ilya Muromets Viktor Vasnetsov, 1914

68. Three Bogatyri Viktor Vasnetsov, 1898