About the book: 1985 / The book offered to the attention of readers is the first study in Russian historiography, covering the complex of historical and geographical problems of the medieval state from its origin to its decline. The territory, borders and administrative structure of the Golden Horde are considered; provides data on more than a hundred Golden Horde cities and traces the routes of the military expansion of the Jochids. The work is based on Russian and eastern chronicle sources, as well as materials from archaeology, numismatics and medieval cartography. Recommended for historians, geographers, social scientists, as well as a wide range of interested readers.