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Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest: Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov (30,000 inhabitants). The siege of Kiev in 1240 by the Mongols is generally held to mark the end of Kievan Rus', [ 1 ][ 2 ] which had already ...
Resolution adopted. United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑11/1 is a resolution of the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted on 2 March 2022. It deplored Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded a full withdrawal of Russian forces and a reversal of its decision to recognise the self ...
Russian, Mongolian and Chinese troops and military equipment parade during the Vostok 2018 military exercises. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, Mongolia's trade with Russia declined by 80% and China's relations and influence over Mongolia increased. [7]
Access to rare earth minerals and Russia’s war against Ukraine topped the agenda on French President Emmanuel Macron’s historic visit to Mongolia. The visit was the first by a French head of ...
That prompted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to recall Ukraine's ambassador to Kyrgyzstan to protest the country's statement "justifying the aggression against Ukraine." [362] Mongolia: Battsetseg Batmunkh, Mongolia's foreign minister, said the government was observing events with concern. She noted that "if the situation continued to ...
Kievan Rus'. Orthodox Christianity (official since 10th cent.) Kievan Rus', [ a][ b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [ c][ 7][ 8] was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities [ 9] in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [ 10][ 11] Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy[ a][ b][ c] (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who is serving as the sixth and current president of Ukraine since 2019, including during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine ongoing since 2022. Born to a Ukrainian Jewish family, Zelenskyy grew up ...
Russo-Ukrainian War – ongoing international conflict between Russia, alongside Russian-backed separatists, and Ukraine, which began in February 2014. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war.