ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with an analysis of Armenian migration to the lands of the Golden Horde. It examines the question of Armenian migration to the lands of Rus’ and explores the attitudes to Armenians in the North Rus’. The chapter shows how the long-distance trade between the Golden Horde and its neighbouring states was operated by an Armenian merchant network. It demonstrates the variety of diplomatic services provided by Armenian merchants. Armenian merchants visited the steppe of Eastern Europe even before the Mongol conquest. The Armenian Church has its own calendar. Because of that every 95 years the Easter is celebrated at different times by Armenians and Greek-Orthodoxes. Most likely Armenian merchants of Crimea did their trade in the principalities of Halychyna and Volhynia in the second half of the thirteenth century. Armenian merchants based in the Black Sea ports were engaged into export of agricultural products from Eastern Europe to the Mediterranean countries.
