Principality of Kiev
Principality of Kyiv Київське князівство | |||||||||
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1132–1471 | |||||||||
Capital | Kiev | ||||||||
Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||
Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1132 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1471 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Київське князівство) was a Ruthenian state in the regions of central Ukraine around the city of Kyiv that existed after the fragmentation of the Kyivan Rus' in the early 12th century.
Territory
The Principality of Kyiv occupied land areas on both banks of the Dnieper River, bordering the Principality of Polotsk to the north-west, Principality of Chernigov to the north-east, Poland to the west, Principality of Galicja to the south-west and Cumania to the south-east. Later, Kyiv would be bordered by the separated Principality of Turov-Pinsk to the north and the joined Principality of Galicja-Volhynia to the west.
History
The region of the Kyivan Rus' fragmented in the early 12th century and a number of semi-autonomous successor states arose. Kyiv remained the core of the country and was the center of the spiritual life with the office of the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kyiv.
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Following the death of Mstislav I of Kyiv in 1132, the semi-autonomous states were de facto independent and so forth brought the emergence of the Principality of Kyiv as a separate principality.
The importance of the Kyivan Principality began to decline. In the years of 1150-1180 saw many of its cities such as Vyshhorod, Kaniv and Belgorod seek independence as individual principalities. The emergence of the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal and Galicia-Volhynia resulted in the transition of the political and cultural center of Ruthenia as well as the migration of citizens to cities like Vladimir and Halych.
The Mongol Invasion left the Principality of Kyiv in a severely ruined state. Following the invasions, it was now under a formal suzerainty of the Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, Alexander Nevsky, whom in turn was a vassal to the Mongols. After the Battle of Irpen in 1321, Kyiv was the object of desire among the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas and it was incorporated to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1362. The duchy formally existed as a distinct entity until 1471 when it was converted into the Kyiv Voivodeship
Rulers
- Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (1132—1139)
- Viacheslav Vladimirovich (1139)
- Vsevolod II Olgovich (1139—1146)
- Igor II Olgovich (1146)
- Iziaslav II Mstislavich (1146—1149)
- Yuri Dolgorukiy (1149—1151)
- Viacheslav Vladimirovich & Iziaslav II Mstislavich (Joint Rule) (1151-1154)
- Rostislav Mstislavich (1154)
- Izyaslav III Davidovich (1154—1155)
- Yuri Dolgorukiy (Second Term) (1155—1157)
- Izyaslav III Davidovich (Second Term) (1157-1158)
- Rostislav Mstislavich (Second Term) (1159-1162)
- Izyaslav III Davidovich (Third Term) (1162)
- Rostislav Mstislavich (Third Term) (1162-1167)
- Vladimir III Mstislavich (1167)
- Mstislav II Izyaslavich (1167-1169)
- Gleb Yuryevich (1169)
- Mstislav II Izyaslavich (Second Term) (1169-1170)
- Gleb Yuryevich (Second Term) (1170-1171)
- Vladimir III Mstislavich (1171)
- Roman Rostislavich (1171—1173)
- Vsevolod III Yuryevich (1173)
- Rurik Rostislavich (1173)
- Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich of Kiev (1174)
- Yaroslav II Iziaslavich (1174-1175)
- Roman Rostislavich (Second Term) (1175-1177)
- Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir (1177-1180)
- Rurik Rostislavich (Second Term) (1180-1181)
- Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir (1181-1194)
- Rurik Rostislavich (Third Term) (1194-1201)
- Ingvar Yaroslavich (1201—1203)
- Rurik Rostislavich (Fourth Term) (1203)
- Rostyslav Rurykovych (1203-1205)
- Rurik Rostislavich (Fifth Term) (1206)
- Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich (1206—1207)
- Rurik Rostislavich (Sixth Term) (1207-1210)
- Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich (Second Term) (1210-1214)
- Ingvar Yaroslavich (Second Term) (1214)
- Mstislav Romanovich (1214-1223)
- Vladimir IV Rurikovich (1223-1235]
- Iziaslav IV Vladimirovich (1235-1236)
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1236-1238)
- Mikhail Vsevolodovich (1238—1239)
- Rostislav Mstislavich of Smolensk (1240-1241)
- Mikhail Vsevolodovich (Second Term) (1241-1243)
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir (Second Term) (1243-1246)
- Alexander Nevsky (1246—1263)
- Yaroslav III Yaroslavich (???-???)
- Vladimir Ivanovich (???-1300-???)
- Stanislav Terence (???-1324)
- Fyodor (1324-1362)
- Vladimir Olgerdovich (1362—1395) *Start of Lithuanian Rule*
- Skirgaila (1395-1397)
- Ivan Borisovich (1397-1399)
- ??? (???-???)
- Olelko Vladimirovich (1443—1454)
- Simeon Alexandrovich (1454—1471) *Principality became Kiev Voivodeship*