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Why were many Russian cities spared from the destruction that happened elsewhere under Mongol rule?
The Russian princes ruled in exchange for collecting a Mongol tribute.
The Golden Horde was busy fighting elsewhere, leaving Moscow to grow on its own.
Moscow collected taxes from the other principalities, allowing it to become very wealthy.
The Mongols converted to Orthodox Christianity, increasing pilgrimages to Moscow.
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The correct answer is: "The Russian princes ruled in exchange for collecting a Mongol tribute."
Brief explanation: The Mongols typically practiced indirect rule — if a city or prince surrendered and agreed to pay tribute, the Mongols left local rulers in place and did not destroy it. They destroyed places that resisted. Moscow’s later wealth and power did come from acting as a tax/tribute collector for the Mongols (so option 3 is true about Moscow’s rise), but the general reason many cities were spared was the Mongol policy of extracting tribute through local princes, not that the Horde was simply too busy (option 2) or that the Mongols converted to Orthodoxy (option 4).
Brief explanation: The Mongols typically practiced indirect rule — if a city or prince surrendered and agreed to pay tribute, the Mongols left local rulers in place and did not destroy it. They destroyed places that resisted. Moscow’s later wealth and power did come from acting as a tax/tribute collector for the Mongols (so option 3 is true about Moscow’s rise), but the general reason many cities were spared was the Mongol policy of extracting tribute through local princes, not that the Horde was simply too busy (option 2) or that the Mongols converted to Orthodoxy (option 4).
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