Principality of Chernigov

Coordinates: 51°30′N 32°0′E / 51.500°N 32.000°E / 51.500; 32.000
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Principality of Chernigov
1024–1402
Old East Slavic (official)
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy (official)
GovernmentMonarchy
Prince 
• 1024–1036
Mstislav (first)
History 
• Established
1024
• Disestablished
1402
CurrencyGrivna
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Kievan Rus'
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Murom-Ryazan Principality
Today part ofRussia
Ukraine
Belarus

The Principality of Chernigov

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Location

Most of the Principality of Chernigov was located on the left bank of the river

Tmutorokan Principality to the southeast.[1]

History

According to the

Kiev who were appointed by the Grand Prince to collect tribute from the local population, manage judicial trials, and defend the land from external enemies.[1]

In 1024, Mstislav of Chernigov, son of Vladimir the Great arrived from Tmutarakan and established rule over the principality of Chernigov.[2] Mstislav set the Dnieper river as the boundary between his sphere of influence and that of his brother, Yaroslav the Wise. This would be the first recorded attempt to settle areas of authority by agreement rather than by violence in the lands of the Rus'. The division of land between the brothers progressed in a stable position, this was easily facilitated by the vast distances of the region, where Mstislav expanded south while Yaroslav ventured north.[3]

He began establishing Chernigov as one of the most important administrative centres in the region, whereupon he constructed defensive barriers and expanded the citadel. Fortified ramparts were built with a circumference of 2.5 km with an average height of 4 meters, vast even by the standards of the Rus.[3] Upon the death of Mstislav after a hunting trip in 1036,[3] Chernigov was incorporated into the realm of Kiev.

With the death of his brother,

Rurikids. During the civil war of the Yaroslavichi, Chernigov was contested between the sons of Sviatoslav and Vsevolod. After the death of Sviatoslav in 1076, it decided on the Council of Liubech, that the sons of Sviatoslav, Oleg and Davyd, and their descendants secure the principality.[4]
The principality subsequently obtained a certain degree of autonomy and was primarily secured thereafter.

The Principality was later split into three main apanage principalities: Chernigov proper,

Murom-Ryazan.[1] While Tmutarakan, due to its remoteness, often became contested and eventually was overtaken. Murom and later the Ryazan principality drifted away from the influence of Chernigov and after some time was contested by the Principality of Vladimir. Nonetheless, the influence of the Chernigov princes remained large and they retained the title of Grand Prince of Kiev for some time. Chernigov was one of the largest economic and cultural centres of Kievan Rus'.[1]

List of princes

Main article: Prince of Chernigov

List of counties and cities

Territories of Chernigov in the 15th century

Below is a list of former counties and cities of the Principality of Chernigov:[1]

See also

  • Oka River
  • Severia, historical region

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Черниговское княжество; Ukrainian: Чернігівське князівство

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Entry Display Web Page".
  2. ^ Dimnik, Martin (1994). The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1054–1146. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. pp. 8, 12, 16.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9780582490918
    . Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. ISBN 9781139436847
    . Retrieved 1 April 2022.

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