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Before the Mongol conquest, Russians of Novgorod and Vladimir repeatedly looted and attacked the area, thereby weakening the Bulgar state's economy and military power. [3] The latter ambushed the Mongols in the later 1223 or in 1224. [4] Several clashes occurred between 1229–1234, and the Mongol Empire conquered the Bulgars in 1236.
The decision by the Mongols to attack Bulgaria with all their forces may have had the same motive as the initial attack on Hungary: to punish the Bulgarians for giving aid to the Mongols' enemies. [4] [7] Bulgaria in 1242 encompassed the area north of the Balkan Mountains as far as the Lower Danube.
With the situation to the south under control, Ivaylo had to confront a second Mongol attack to the north. This time the Bulgarians faced the elite forces of Nogai Khan. The Mongols prevailed and Ivaylo was besieged in the important city of Drastar on the southern bank of the Danube, where he withstood a three-month siege.
Nevertheless, at the end of the 14th century, the Ottomans conquered the whole of Bulgaria. [132] Under the Ottoman system, Christians were considered an inferior class of people. Thus, Bulgarians, like other Christians, were subjected to heavy taxes and a small portion of the Bulgarian populace experienced partial or complete Islamisation. [133]
Bulgaria lost the Belgrade and Branicevo provinces. Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War (1299-1300) [citation needed] Bulgarian Empire: Golden Horde: Victory. Tsar Theodore Svetoslav expelled the Mongols to the east; Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War (1304-1305) [citation needed] Bulgarian Empire: Byzantine Empire: Victory. Bulgarian Empire conquered most ...
The Battle of Samara Bend (Russian: Монгольско-булгарское сражение, lit. 'Mongolian-Bulgar battle'), also known as the Battle of Kernek, was the first battle between the Volga Bulgaria and the Mongol Empire, which took place during the autumn of 1223 at the southern border of Volga Bulgaria.
Volga Bulgaria or Volga–Kama Bulgaria (sometimes referred to as the Volga Bulgar Emirate [2]) was a historical Bulgar [3] [4] [5] state that existed between the 9th and 13th centuries around the confluence of the Volga and Kama River, in what is now European Russia.
The General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party and Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov visited Mongolia in June 1985 at the invitation of the General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural Jambyn Batmönkh. [4] Bulgarian ...