The author, setting the goal of determining the place of the Battle of Kulikovo among other events of Russian medieval history, gives a detailed reconstruction of this event itself. In the course of the study, new sources and techniques are involved that were not used earlier (first of all – recreated not so long ago by Paleogeographers the historical map of Kulikovo field, reproducing the features of its relief and the degree of crevice for the 14th century). In addition, copyright achievements in the field of chronology are used, allowing you to clarify the sequence of events – including the course of the battle itself. Details, a line behind a line, literally every evidence of the sources, every detail that its predecessors did not notice or underestimated or underestimated. Having restored the course of the battle, the author evaluates a number of related issues – the number of troops, the composition of the participants – and comes to a number of original conclusions regarding the reign of Dmitry Donskoy. The study of the entire canvas of historical events up to the capture of Tokhtamysm …
Author
Crane Alexander Vasilievich
Editor
Nastenko I. A.
Publisher
Russian panorama, 2010
Series
Reflections of the historian
Genre
The history of wars
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