[PROJECT] History Lessons

Even in Ireland, there is a love for ale. Their symbol, Saint Patrick, is a respectable drunkard. As for the yoke. It depends on what you consider a yoke. In the traditional sense, it is the control of one state over another in all spheres, the use of its resources. There was no such yoke. Based on the available information, it was rather a military-political alliance. The Horde provided military force to protect the joint state, and Rus' provided funds for its maintenance. The Battle of Kulikovo is essentially the following: one of the participants in the alliance (Dmitry) supported the second participant (Tokhtamysh) against the usurper (Mamai). Everything is logical here.