punishments introduced in Moscow included beheading for alleged traitors and branding of thieves (with execution for a third arrest). See also List of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' Mongol invasions of Durdzuketia References Further reading Atwood, Christopher P. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire (2004) Christian, David. A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia Vol. 1: Inner Eurasia from Prehistory to the Mongol Empire (Blackwell, 1998) Halperin, Charles J. Russia, and the golden horde: the Mongol impact on medieval Russian history (Indiana University Press, 1985) Sinor, Denis. "The Mongols in the West." Journal of Asian History (1999): 1-44. in JSTOR Vernadsky, George. The Mongols and Russia (Yale University Press, 1953) Halperin, Charles J. "George Vernadsky, Eurasianism, the Mongols, and Russia." Slavic Review (1982): 477–493. in JSTOR Sources Full Collection of Russian Annals, St. Petersburg, 1908 and Moscow, 2001, . 13th century in Kievan Rus' History of Kyiv Rus Invasions of Belarus Invasions of Russia Invasions of Ukraine 1230s conflicts 1240s conflicts 1230s in the Mongol Empire 1240s in the Mongol Empire Batu Khan