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As someone with historic knowledge, what that means is from 1242 to 1480 Kievan Rus was under occupation of the Golden Horde empire, which is commonly quoted as why in terms of social advancement, Eastern Europe lags behind Western Europe but has cultural ties with Asia. But this may not be accurate and I'm no history professor, so I probably wouldn't be able to fix the example.
The example was longer in 2017 and was a borderline ROCEJ bait.
I don't even think as-is it even fits the trope its listed at, now that I think about it.
Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup

From the Real Life section of Shocking Defeat Legacy:
"The Mongols have done this a lot to others: they conquered China, decimated Persia, ravaged Russia, and nearly conquered Europe. For Russians especially, the Mongol attack on Kievan Rus' is cited as one of the major reasons for why Russians are backward compared to Europe."
This needs expanding, because (opinions of Russia right now to one side) it sounds like cultural posturing. This should be expanded to explain how they are "backward" from a purely objective viewpoint. Technology? Culture? Economy? What is it?
I am not an expert on this, so I can't flesh this out myself. Should it be commented out until someone with more knowledge can fix it?