"Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols" tells the story of a man ... and sets the stage for a brutal campaign against Kievan Rus led by his nephew Batu and the veteran general Subudai.

The growth of the Russian state: Varangian origins, the Kievan state, conversion to Christianity, Mongol domination, the rise of Muscovy, Europeanization and expansion under Peter the Great and ...