Tokhtamysh
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Tokhtamysh was Khan (ruler) of the Golden Horde, who briefly succeeded in consolidating the Blue and White Hordes into a single polity.
Depiction of Tokhtamysh in the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
Tokhtamysh and the armies of the Golden Horde rally in front of Moscow, 1382.
Timur and his troops gather to launch a war against Tokhtamysh.
Muscovites gather during the Siege of Moscow
Golden Horde
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The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the division of the Mongol Empire after 1259, it became a functionally separate khanate. It is also known as the Kipchak Khanate or as the Ulus of Jochi, and it replaced the earlier, less organized Cuman–Kipchak confederation.
Batu Khan establishes the Golden Horde.
Jochi Mausoleum, Karagandy Region
Coinage of Berke, Qrim (Crimea) mint. Struck c. AH 662–665 (AD 1263–1267).
The Golden Horde army defeats the Ilkhanate at the battle of Terek in 1262. Many of Hulagu's men drowned in the Terek River while withdrawing.