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Kukundwa muna April 1242 nomumwe wemagamba makuru eRussia, Alexander Nevsky, kwakagumisa kupararira kwechiKaturike muEastern Europe. Hondo mbiri dzechiKristu dzakanangidzirwa pakumisa kufambira mberi kwevaOttoman muSouth-East Europe dzakaguma nenjodzi paNicopolis muna 1396, uye Varna muna 1444. Kunyange zvazvo zviratidzo zvetsika zvehondo dzemauto zvakaramba zviripo kwenguva yakati pashure pacho, izvi zvakaguma zvaita kuti dzisave nzira yaishandiswa neuto.