Jochi

Batu Khan was a Mongol ruler and the founder of the Golden Horde (known also as the Kipchak Khanate, and the Ulus of Jochi). He was a grandson of Genghis Khan through Jochi, the Great Khan’s eldest son, and was responsible for the expansion of the Mongol Empire into Russia and Eastern Europe. The khanate established by Batu Khan lasted for about 200 years. The Khan’s Family Batu was born around 1205 as the second son of Jochi. His father, though being Genghis Khan’s first-born, had fallen out of favor with the Great Khan. A civil war between father and son almost erupted because Jochi was suspected of conspiring against Genghis. War, however, was averted as a result of Jochi’s