Arsenij Nasonov (1934)

Nicholas Zharkikh

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The Russian historian and archeographer Arsenij Nasonov (1898 – 1965) from 1924 developed the topic of Tatar policy towards Rus’. The book was finished in 1934, printed in 1940. [A. N. Nasonov Mongols and Rus’. – M.-Leningrad: 1940. – 179 p.] and in 1941, A. N. defended his candidate’s thesis on this topic.

So, A. N. came quite close to the conclusion that the policy of the Tatars towards Rus’ consisted in the destruction of the South Russian principalities, in particular, Chernihiv, but he never dared to do it.