Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
Ina ua osofaʻia e tagata Mongol le Kieven Rus' (1223-1240), na faasolosolo ona faamamāina vaomatua ma atiina aʻe nofoaga fou i Moscow, Tver, ma isi nofoaga, na faaitiitia ai le taua o Zalesye. Na ati aʻe nofoaga fou o aai i tafatafa o monaseri taʻutaʻua (eg, Sergiev Posad, Kirzhach) po o latalata i fale o tupu (eg, Alexandrov, Radonezh).