THE LEGACY OF THE GOLDEN HORDE IN THE EUROPEAN CARTOGRAPHY OF 15 <sup>TH</sup>-18 <sup>TH</sup> CENTURIES (2)
The article presents the development of the European cartography of Eurasia as a reflection of the gradual accumulation of geographic and ethnographic information about the people and the state, which historical destiny was directly connected with the formation and subsequent dissolution of the Genghis Khan's empire. The author traces the gradual increase in the information on eastern regions among the western cartographers, which however consistently compared the strengthened Russian State with the “Tartar kingdoms”. The author emphasizes as well the importance of the information provided by the European maps for the study of the state structure of the Golden Horde, of the formation of the new Eurasian nations and of the Russia''s relations with the Tatar states.