User:Alexis Ivanov/Quotes


 * “when his horse was growing sweaty [beneath him]” (Ruth. koly kon’ eho potnyj byl), a Popular saying in reference to Tokhtamish refuge in the lands of Lithuania as a guest to Vytautas in 1395 or 1396?


 * A Ruthenian chronicler put into Vytautas’ lips a statement reflecting his calculations: “we will set out to subdue the Tatar land, defeat Khan Timur Qutlug, take his kingdom and divide his wealth and property, and we will put Khan Tokhtamısh on his throne in the Horde, and in Caffa, in Azov, in the Crimea, in Astrakhan, in the Trans-Yaik Horde, in the entire seashore, and in Kazan; and this all will be ours and the khan will be ours.”