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Principality of Vitebsk Віцебскае княства | |||||||||
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| 1101–1508 | |||||||||
| Capital | Vitebsk | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1101 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1508 | ||||||||
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The Principality of Vitebsk (Belarusian: Віцебскае княства) was a Ruthenian principality centered on the city of Vitebsk in modern Belarus, that existed from its founding in 1101 until it was nominally inherited into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1320. Vitebsk would later fall under the complete authority of Lithuania in 1508.[1]