CChronica Maps

Sarai: History, Former Names & Timeline

Capital of the Golden Horde built by Batu on the lower Volga, in the fourteenth century one of the largest cities of the steppe.

Map showing Sarai in 1300Sarai
Border map for 1300. See Europe in 1300.

Explore Sarai in the interactive map

Former names of Sarai

FromNameNote
1250Saray

Timeline of Sarai

YearEvent
1250Batu founds Sarai
1395Timur destroys Sarai

Who ruled Sarai

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–324 BCScythians
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BCScythians
100 BC–2 BCSarmatians
1 BC–399Unclaimed / no data
400–499Hunnic Empire
500–599Unclaimed / no data
600–999Khazars
1000–1099Pechenegs
1100–1199Cuman-Kipchak confederation
1200–1299Cuman Khanates
1300–1399Khanate of the Golden Horde
1400–1491Blue Horde
1492–1599Golden Horde
1600–1782Tsardom of Muscovy
1783–1919Russian Empire
1920–1929USSR
1930–1937White Russia
1938–1993USSR
1994–todayRussia