What was the rlationship between the Mongols and early Russia?

Answer 1

Russia was part of the Mongol Empire for 200 years and got their civilization from the Byzantine and Greeks. That made the Russians different from the rest of the west because the west got their civilization from the Romans, and while Russians were Eastern Orthodox, the rest of the west was Catholic or Protestant.

in 1480, Princes of Moscow (the nobles in Russia) led Russia into independence from the Mongols, and Ivan III ruled Russia.

Answer 2

The Mongol Empire and multiple descending empires (since the big Mongol Empire broke up) had existed in land that eventually became part of Russia.

Right up to the beginning of the 20th century the "Khanate of the Golden Horde" was still in existence in what is now part of Russia.

While under Russia control, the burial areas of the Mongol leaders was completely depopulated by the Russians. They feared the Mongol background and strength, so they wouldn't let anyone around where the leaders had been laid to rest.