Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Grand Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество Nizhegorodsko-Suzdalskoye velikoye knyazhestvo | |||||||||
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1341–1425 | |||||||||
Capital | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||
Common languages | Old Russian | ||||||||
Religion | Russian Orthodoxy | ||||||||
Grand Duke | |||||||||
• 1341–1355 | Konstantin of Suzdal (first) | ||||||||
boyar | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1341 | ||||||||
1425 | |||||||||
Currency | ruble, denga | ||||||||
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The Grand Duchy of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal was an East Slavic principality formed in 1341. Its main towns were Nizhny Novgorod, Suzdal, Gorokhovets, Gorodets, and Kurmysh.[2] Nizhny Novgorod was the seat of the principality from 1350.
References
- ^ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793.
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), vol. 25, p. 57