Principality of Novgorod-Seversk

Principality of Novgorod-Seversk
1097–1503
Coat of arms of Principality of Novgorod-Seversk
Coat of arms
StatusPersonal union with the Principality of Chernigov
CapitalNovgorod-Seversk (present day Novhorod-Siverskyi)
52°00′N 33°16′E / 52.000°N 33.267°E / 52.000; 33.267
Common languagesOld East Slavic
Religion
Orthodox
Governmentmonarchy
Prince 
LegislaturePrince
History 
• Established
1097
• Disestablished
1503
CurrencyGrivna
Today part of
Countries today

The Principality of Novgorod-Seversk or Novhorod-Siversk was a medieval Rus' principality centered on the town now called Novhorod-Siverskyi.[1] The principality emerged after the central power of Kievan Rus' declined in the late 11th century, and Sviatoslav Olgovich managed to establish a local dynasty, the Olgovichi, as a branch of the Rurikid house.[2] Novgorod-Seversk was originally a subdivision of the Principality of Chernigov,[3] and would go on to include territories that were earlier part of Chernigov and the Principality of Pereyaslavl.[4]

In 1185, a large Rus' campaign against the Cumans (Polovtsy) ended in defeat for Prince Igor of Novgorod-Seversk, famously recorded in The Tale of Igor's Campaign.[5][3] After the 1205 death of Roman the Great, the first prince of Galicia–Volhynia, the three sons of Igor seized power in Halych and reigned between 1206 and 1212.[6] The principality was taken by the principality of Briansk after the Mongol invasions, and then by the Lithuanians when the power of the Golden Horde began to decline.[citation needed]

In the fifteenth century the principality was given to Prince Ivan of Mozhaisk when he fled from Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow.[7]

  1. ^ Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 11–12.
  2. ^ Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 510–511.
  3. ^ a b Martin 2007, p. 146.
  4. ^ Martin 2007, p. 299.
  5. ^ Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 117.
  6. ^ Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 197.
  7. ^ Martin 2007, p. 341.