| Summary/Abstract |
This article scrutinizes the historical impact of the Mongolian Horde on
Russia’s foreign policy behavior. The author comes up with a hypothesis
that relations with the Horde were not only important for Russia during
the critical historical period of its formation, but also largely determined
its unique foreign-policy culture and practical implementation of Russian
foreign policy in subsequent periods. The author maintains that the key
element of this impact was peaceful integration of the powerful neighbor
which posed the biggest threat to the Great Russians for more than two
hundred years.
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