CHAPTER VII.
THE SWAY OF THE TARTAR PRINCES.
From 1238 to 1304.
Retreat of Georges II .-- Desolating March of the Tartars .-- Capture of Vladimir .-- Fall of Moscow .-- Utter Defeat of Georges .-- Conflict of Torjek .-- March of the Tartars Toward the South .-- Subjugation of the Polovtsi .-- Capture of Kief .-- Humiliation of Yaroslaf .-- Overthrow of the Gaussian Kingdom .-- Haughtiness of the Tartars .-- Reign of Alexander .-- Succession of Yaroslaf .-- The Reign of Vassuli .-- State of Christianity .-- Infamy of Andre .-- Struggles With Dmitri .-- Independence of the Principalities .-- Death of Andre..