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Batu Khan (Mongolian: Бат Хаан, Russian: Баты́й,Chinese: 拔都可汗 (c. 1205–1255) was a Mongol ruler of...

Batu Khan (Mongolian: Бат Хаан, Russian: Баты́й,Chinese: 拔都可汗 (c. 1205–1255) was a Mongol ruler of the Ulus of Jochi (or Golden Horde), the sub-khanate of the Mongol Empire, and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His Blue Horde was the chief state of the Golden Horde (or Kipchak Khanate), which ruled Rus and the Caucasus for around 250 years, after also destroying the armies of Poland and Hungary. "Batu" or "Bat" literally means "firm" in the Mongolian language. After his son Jochi's death, Chingis assigned the latter's appanages to his sons. But the Great Khan installed Batu as a Khan of the Ulus of Jochi. He had an elder brother Orda Khan who agreed that Batu should succeed his father. Chingis Khan's youngest brother Temuge attended the coronation ceremony as an official representative of Chingis. When Chingis Khan died in 1227, he left 4,000 Mongol men to Jochi's family. Jochi's lands were divided between Batu and his older brother Orda. Orda's White Horde ruled the lands roughly between the Volga river and Lake Balkhash, while Batu's Horde ruled the lands west of the Volga. In 1229, Ogedei dispatched 3 tumens under Kukhdei and