Old Ryazan: The Rus Capital the Mongols Destroyed in a Winter
On the Oka River, Old Ryazan was a wealthy Kievan Rus capital of churches and treasures, until the Mongol invasion of 1237 destroyed it in one of Russia’s great tragedies.
Sintashta: The Steppe Forts That Built the First War Chariots
Four thousand years ago on the Ural steppe, fortified villages produced the earliest known war chariots, advanced metallurgy, and perhaps the roots of the Indo-Iranian world.
