The review of the evaluation of Russian-horde relations, negative towards the influence forms but positive towards consequences for historical development of Russia, in historical sources and historiography

The article reviews one of the evaluations of the Horde's impact on the Russian lands in primary sources and historiography - the negative evaluation of influence forms with positive evaluation of its consequences for historical development of Russia. The author considers two systems of evaluation within the framework of the one - evaluation as divine retribution for sins, evaluation in the context of political development of Russia.