Principality of Novgorod

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The principality of Novgorod was part of the Kievan Rus principality from 962 to 1478. Since 1136 it was under the influence of the Novgorod Republic .

history

Novgorod Rus

In 862 the Varangian Rurik became prince of Novgorod. Allegedly the tribes of the Slovenes asked him to rule over them. Novgorod became the center of the Novgorod Rus.

Kievan Rus 882 to 1136

In 882, Prince Oleg moved the center of the Rus to Kiev . In Novgorod he installed governors .

Around 969, Vladimir I was installed as the first separate prince of Novgorod by his father. In 977 his brother Jaropolk drove him out , and in 978 Vladimir regained control. Around 983 he gave it to his eldest son Vysheslav. Around 1014 Yaroslav the Wise became the new prince. In 1015 he was expelled by his stepbrother Svyatopolk, but was able to recapture the rule in 1018.

In 1024 he separated the Principality of Pskov. In 1034 he appointed his son Vladimir as prince. In the following decades the area was ruled by his descendants.

Novgorod Republic from 1136 to 1478

In 1136 the prince was expelled from Novgorod during an uprising. Since then, the decisions have been made by the Wetsche , a popular assembly. The prince of Novgorod remained largely powerless representative.

In 1478 the Novgorod Republic was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow .

Princes of Novgorod

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  • Joachim Dietze: The first Novgorod Chronicle according to its oldest editing (synodal manuscript) 1016–1333 / 1352: Edition of the old Russian text and facsimile of the manuscript in reprint. in German transl. ed. and with an introduction by Joachim Dietze. Munich 1971.

literature

  • Michael Müller-Wille (Ed.): Novgorod. The medieval center and its surroundings in northern Russia. Studies on the settlement history and archeology of the Baltic Sea regions. Volume 1, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2001, ISBN 3-529-01390-0 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ cf. Michael C. Paul: Was the Prince of Novgorod a third-class bureaucrat after 1136? , in: Yearbooks for the History of Eastern Europe 56/1, 2008, pp. 72–113.