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From 1331, the prince of Moscow was also the grand prince of Vladimir, except for one brief interruption from 1359 to 1363, when the throne was held by Nizhny Novgorod. [10] In 1389, the grand principality became a family possession of the prince of Moscow and the two thrones were united. [11]
The khan at Sarai changes allegiance and issues a patent awarding the title of grand prince of Vladimir to Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal. [1] 1363: Dmitry Konstantinovich of Nizhny Novgorod–Suzdal fails to retake city of Vladimir, and is driven back to Suzdal by Mamai and Dmitry Donskoy of Muscovy. [1]
Novgorod won its independence in 1136 after the Novgorodians deposed their prince and the Novgorod veche began to elect and dismiss princes at its own will. [5] [6] The veche also elected the posadnik, who was the chief executive of the city, [7] and the archbishop of Novgorod, subject to approval by the Russian metropolitan.
According to a later legend (first written down almost three centuries after the battle),during the siege, Archbishop Ilya of Novgorod, ordered that the Icon of the Mother of God of the Sign (ru: Bogomater Znamenie or Богоматер Знамение) be brought from the Church of the Transfiguration on Ilin Street on the eastern edge of the city, across the great bridge spanning the ...
The Suzdalian war of succession of 1174–1177 was a war of succession in Vladimir-Suzdal (Suzdalia), a complex of principalities in the northeast of Kievan Rus'. The casus belli was the assassination of prince Andrey Bogolyubsky on 28 June 1174 by his own boyars. Immediately, his surviving step-brothers, son and nephews started fighting ...
After the Iziaslavichi grand prince Mstislav II of Kiev had been ousted during the Sack of Kiev in March 1169 by a coalition of Rostislavichi (), Yurievichi (), and Olgovichi of Chernigovian) princes, [3] the dethroned grand prince's son Roman Mstislavich, prince of Novgorod, was beleaguered by another Yurievichi army sent from Suzdalia by Andrey Bogolyubsky. [2]
Dmitry of Suzdal, who remained without troops, fled to Suzdal. The Nizhny Novgorod army fled to the neighboring Gorodets. On 5 August 1377, the Horde army conquered Nizhny Novgorod. The city was burnt. A year later, on July 24, 1378, the city was re-conquered. [13] Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal did not participate in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo. [14]
Novgorod Republic Pskov Land various allies: various enemies: Mixed results 1228–1240 Internecine war in Rus' 1228–1240 [uk; ru] Novgorod Republic: Unclear July 1240 Battle of the Neva: Novgorod Republic "Swedes" Novgorodian victory Historicity contested; only found in late, legendary Rus' sources: Sept. 1240 1240 Izborsk and Pskov campaign ...