The Golden Horde (Алтан Ордын улс Altan Ordyn Uls; Altın Urda; Золотая Орда, Zolotaya Orda; Altın Ordu) is a Russian designation for the Mongol "blank">Empire of the Golden Horde", _The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001-05. T. May, "blank">Khanate of the Golden Horde", North Georgia College and State University. — later Turkicized "Golden Horde", in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2007. Quotation: "also called Kipchak Khanate Russian designation for the Ulus Juchi, the western part of the Mongol Empire, which flourished from the mid-13th century to the end of the 14th century. The people of the Golden Horde were a mixture of Turks and Mongols, with the latter generally constituting the aristocracy." — khanate established in the western part of the _Mongol Empire after the Mongol invasion of Rus in the 1240s: present-day Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus. At its peak the Golden Horde's territory included most of Eastern Europe from the Urals to the right banks of the Dniper River, extending east deep into Siberia. On the south the Horde's lands bordered on the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the territories of the Mongol dynasty known as the Il-Khans.