Principality of Pereyaslavl

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Partial Russian principalities between 1054 and 1132

The principality of Pereyaslavl was part of the Kievan Rus principality from the 11th century onwards and, after its disintegration, existed for some time as an independent principality until it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .

area

The principality was located southeast of Kiev on the left bank of the Dnieper on the border with the so-called " Wild Field ". Its center Perejaslavl (today Perejaslav ) was expanded under the Kiev prince Vladimir to a border fortress against the robbery of the Pechenegs . In the north the new principality bordered on the Principality of Chernigov , in the west on the Principality of Kiev . Its population was made up of the East Slavic tribes Severjan and Ulitschen .

history

Preserved fragment of a church in Ostjor (built 1098)

In 1054 the Principality of Pereyaslavl was re-established after the death of Yaroslav the Wise . His prince became his son Vsevolod . During this time, the eparchy (diocese) of Pereyaslavl was formed.

From the end of the 11th century, the principality and the neighboring principality of Kiev were fought over under the ruling dynasty of the Rurikids , which favored the invasions of the steppe nomads. As early as the 12th century, the Pereyaslavl population began to migrate northwards, to the quieter area between the Oka and the Volga , which belonged to the principality of Rostov-Suzdal (later Vladimir-Suzdal). Numerous duplications of the South Russian toponyms, e.g. B. Pereslavl-Zalessky or the river Trubesch , remind of the origin of the settlers.

The
ramparts of the southern border fortress Polkosten

On March 3, 1239, Pereyaslavl was captured and sacked by the Mongols . Subsequently, the principality was under the rule of the Golden Horde .

In 1321, Prince Oleg von Pereyaslavl fell in the Battle of the Irpen , in which several South Russian princes tried in vain to prevent a Lithuanian invasion under Gediminas . From then on, the Principality of Pereyaslavl fell under the rule of Lithuania and was soon dissolved.

See also

literature

  • Б. А. Рыбаков: Киевская Русь и русские княжества XII - XIII вв - М. Наука, 1982.
  • Martin, Janet (1995), Medieval Russia, 970-1584, Cambridge Medieval Textbooks, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-36832-4