Timur's Destruction of the Golden Horde: The Battles of Kondurcha and Sarai

1395 CE · Volga Bozkırı · military

Timur (Tamerlane) defeated the Golden Horde khan Tokhtamysh in several major engagements; Sarai Berke and other Volga cities were destroyed.

The Golden Horde was irretrievably weakened and over the following fifty years broke apart into the Kazakh Khanate, the Crimean Khanate, the Kazan Khanate, the Khanate of Sibir and the Astrakhan Khanate.

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What was Timur's Destruction of the Golden Horde: The Battles of Kondurcha and Sarai?
Timur (Tamerlane) defeated the Golden Horde khan Tokhtamysh in several major engagements; Sarai Berke and other Volga cities were destroyed.
When did Timur's Destruction of the Golden Horde: The Battles of Kondurcha and Sarai happen?
1395 CE
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