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Principality of Novgorod-Seversk
1097–1503
Coat of arms of Principality of Novgorod-Seversk Coat of arms

Novgorod-Seversk and Chernigov within Kievan Rus' in the 12th century.

  Principality of Novgorod-Seversk   Principality of Chernigov   Principality of Pereyaslavl   Principality of Kiev   Principality of Smolensk   Principality of Ryazan

StatusPersonal union with the Principality of Chernigov
CapitalNovgorod-Seversk (present day Novhorod-Siverskyi)
52°00′N 33°16′E / 52.000°N 33.267°E / 52.000; 33.267
Common languagesOld East Slavic
Religion Orthodox
Governmentmonarchy
Prince 
LegislaturePrince
History 
• Established 1097
• Disestablished 1503
CurrencyGrivna
Today part of Countries today

The Principality of Novgorod-Seversk or Novhorod-Siversk was a medieval Rus' principality centered on the town now called Novhorod-Siverskyi. The principality emerged after the central power of Kievan Rus' declined in the late 11th century, and Sviatoslav Olgovich managed to establish a local dynasty, the Olgovichi, as a branch of the Rurikid house. Novgorod-Seversk was originally a subdivision of the Principality of Chernigov, and would go on to include territories that were earlier part of Chernigov and the Principality of Pereyaslavl.

In 1185, a large Rus' campaign against the Cumans (Polovtsy) ended in defeat for Prince Igor of Novgorod-Seversk, famously recorded in The Tale of Igor's Campaign. After the 1205 death of Roman the Great, the first prince of Galicia–Volhynia, the three sons of Igor seized power in Halych and reigned between 1206 and 1212. The principality was taken by the principality of Briansk after the Mongol invasions, and then by the Lithuanians when the power of the Golden Horde began to decline.

In the fifteenth century the principality was given to Prince Ivan of Mozhaisk when he fled from Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow.

See also

References

  1. Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 11–12.
  2. Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 510–511.
  3. ^ Martin 2007, p. 146.
  4. Martin 2007, p. 299.
  5. Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 117.
  6. Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 197.
  7. Martin 2007, p. 341.

Bibliography

Principalities of Kievan Rus'
East Slavic / Rus' principalities of the pre-Mongol period (c. 880–1240)
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