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

The most serious threat was war with the Golden Horde, led by Batu’s younger brother Berke.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It was a bit more like Genghis Khan and the Golden Horde — go faster than your competition in the richest places.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

Full seventy years later, at the court of the Golden Horde, two Russian princes might have been seen disputing before the great khan the possession of the grand principality and tremblingly awaiting his decision.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles