Golden Horde

American  

noun

1. the army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.

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Golden Horde British  

noun

1. the Mongol horde that devastated E Europe in the early 13th century. It established the westernmost Mongol khanate, which at its height ruled most of European Russia. Defeated by the power of Muscovy (1380), the realm split into four smaller khanates in 1405

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Example Sentences

Kazakhstan recently moved to declare its official history as one connected not to Russia or the Soviet Union but to the Golden Horde steppe empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The chart extends from the islands of the North Atlantic Ocean to the Mongol empire’s Golden Horde in what is now Eastern Europe.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

This map depicts the four khanates that made up the Mongol Empire in 1335: the Khanate of the Golden Horde, the Il-Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, and the Khanate of the Great Khan, or Yuan dynasty.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Golden Horde both benefited from and contributed to the prosperity brought about by the Pax Mongolica.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

For two centuries the Russians continued under the yoke of the "Golden Horde," which the Mongols established on the Volga.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park