At what point did Russia gain independence from the Mongols? How did it achieve independence?
>>18247011The only way Russia can be considered to be "part" of the Mongol empire would require you to consider it also to have been a vassal of the Crimean Khanate until 1700.
>>18247011The Mongols just became Tsars. Ivan the Terrible's mother was a Genghisid princess... He literally had the blood. The independence was a palace coup, swapping a distant Khan for a local one. The entire Russian state project... autocracy, tribute system, expansionism... is just a baptized Mongol Ulus playing a long game.
>>18247028>autocracyYou should actually read about the history of the Golden Horde and its successor states, you will laugh at how powerless its rulers are.
>>18247011>CircassiansWish they achieved independent
>>18247011never
