Discuss the effects of Mongol domination on Russia with emphasis on how it shaped Russia's economic and political development
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Students should recognize the different historical opinions regarding Mongol influence in Russia. Some historians claim that the Mongols isolated Russia from western European development. These historians refer to the "Mongol yoke" and postulate a sluggish economy and dormant culture under the Mongols. Others state that the Kievan economy was already in decline before the Mongols and that the influence of Byzantium was what insulated Russia from western Europe. Kievan princes had already stopped printing money. That Russian taxes were paid in silver suggests an economy with regular surpluses. Additionally, the tax burden was increased by the Russian princes acting as tax collectors for the Mongols.
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