CHAPTER VIII.. Resurrection of the Russian Monarchy.

RESURRECTION OF THE RUSSIAN MONARCHY.

From 1304 to 1380.

Defeat of Georges and the Tartars.--Indignation of the Khan.--Michel Summoned To the Horde.--His Trial and Execution.--Assassination of Georges.--Execution of Dmitri.--Repulse and Death of the Embassador of the Khan.--Vengeance of the Khan.--Increasing Prosperity of Russia. --The Great Plague.--Supremacy of Simon.--Anarchy in the Horde.--Plague and Conflagration.--The Tartars Repulsed.--Reconquest of Bulgaria.--The Great Battle of Koulikof.--Utter Rout of the Tartars.