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Why else would so actively our princes, instead of fighting the invaders actively involved in feuds tataromongolov as they are in our (the big question is whether the Mongols).
For example little known fact: Alexander Nevsky was twinned Sartak, son of Batu Batu, respectively, and was named for the father of Nevsky.
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I think it was the only way to survive. For hundreds of years was stalled any development, for waking up in the morning, every man did not know whether he will survive till the evening. What kind of development is possible in such an atmosphere of permanent fear of the animal - not just a fear of some possible problems, and specific fear for their lives?
In addition, the horde went not only material resources but also a lot of people (strong, young) got into slavery, so the fight was not the objective possibilities. Cooperation with the Horde was initially the only way to save lives, but much later - with the weakening of the Horde in the feud - way to achieve some personal goals.
And bro, and married - and what could I do? By the way, one must bear in mind that in the Middle Ages the psychology of people very different from our
"Assimilation was pretty fast, and even names that are now considered native Russian actually have eastern roots.
There are examples in history when Russian princes refused to bow to idols, - the result of one: Take, for example, the story of Prince Mikhail of Chernigov and his nobleman Theodore. And because it is at this time, with the advent of St. Sergius Radonezhsky appear in Russia coenobitic monasteries, which approved the provisions of quietism - "smart doing", ie hotspots, so to speak, moral survival and strengthening largely demoralized people, which did not exist before.
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From the permanent confrontation oppressed and the oppressed, the conquerors and the conquered, in a word, from the yoke - this does not happen ...
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This is a controversial assertion, which, in my opinion, does not consider single features discussion period - or time (centuries!), Nor the objective state of Russia and the Horde, nor the psychology of medieval man.