Grand Principality of Smolensk Великое княжество Смоленское | |||||||||
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| 1054–1508 | |||||||||
.svg) Coat of arms (a silver bear on a red background) in Armorial Gymnich-Lyncenich (ca. 1430)
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 Principality of Smolensk (1237) | |||||||||
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| Capital | Smolensk | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox Church | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Prince of Smolensk | |||||||||
• 1054–1059 | Vyacheslav Yaroslavich | ||||||||
| Legislature | Veche | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1054 | ||||||||
• As a Lithuanian vassal state | 1387 | ||||||||
• Incorporation into Lithuania | 1404 | ||||||||
• Created Smolensk Voivodeship | 1508 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Smolensk (eventually Grand Principality of Smolensk) was a Kievan Rus' lordship from the 11th to the 16th century. Until 1127, when it passed to Rostislav Mstislavich, the principality was part of the land of Kiev. The principality gradually came under Lithuanian influence and was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1404. The principality was reorganized into the Smolensk Voivodeship in 1508. The Principality of Moscow controlled the city from 1514 to 1611, then it was recaptured by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Tsardom of Russia recaptured the city in 1654.