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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. [9] Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal did not participate in the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo. [10]
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]
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]
In 1720, provinces were officially formed in Russia, including the Nizhny Novgorod province, which included the Nizhegorodsky, Balakhninsky and Yuryevetsky Uezds. According to Peter's plan, the province was to become the highest regional division, like the former county, but this decree did not cancel the division into provinces.
The Prince of Novgorod (Russian: князь новгородский, romanized: knyaz novgorodsky) was the title of the ruler of Novgorod in present-day Russia. From 1136, it was the title of the figurehead leader of the Novgorod Republic .
In 1328, Öz Beg granted Ivan Kalita the duchies of Novgorod and Kostroma. Alexander Vasilyevich, the prince of Suzdal, received Vladimir and a region encompassing present day Nizhny Novgorod and Gorodets. By granting the more prestigious Vladimir to the weaker of the two princes, Öz Beg maintained adherence to the principle of "divide and ...
The khans therefore started awarding the grand princely title to Moscow's rivals; [20] in 1353, Konstantin Vasilyevich [ru; uk] of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal was given the title of grand prince of Vladimir, [21] and in 1371 it was Mikhail II of Tver. [21] But by that time it was too late for the Golden Horde to curb the rise of Muscovy. [22] Volga ...
Dmitry Konstantinovich (Russian: Дмитрий Константинович; 1323–1383) was Prince of Suzdal and Grand Prince of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal from 1365. [1] [2] He took the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from his son-in-law, Dmitry Donskoy, from 1360 to 1363. [2] The famous Shuisky family descends from his eldest son, Vasily ...