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Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Principality of Pereyaslavl
drawn on the map 1056–1240
The southern frontier principality, guarding the steppe approaches to Kiev against the Pechenegs, Torks, and Cumans. Often held by princes destined for or associated with the Kievan throne (Vladimir Monomakh's line).
- Shown on the map
- 1056–1240
- Peak area
- 94k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The southern frontier principality, guarding the steppe approaches to Kiev against the Pechenegs, Torks, and Cumans. Often held by princes destined for or associated with the Kievan throne (Vladimir Monomakh's line). Poorly defensible and repeatedly raided, it was among the first regions devastated by the Mongols (1239) and effectively ceased to exist as an organized polity thereafter.
Common questions
- What was the Principality of Pereyaslavl?
- The southern frontier principality, guarding the steppe approaches to Kiev against the Pechenegs, Torks, and Cumans. Often held by princes destined for or associated with the Kievan throne (Vladimir Monomakh's line).
- When is the Principality of Pereyaslavl shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Principality of Pereyaslavl 1056–1240. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Principality of Pereyaslavl?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Principality of Pereyaslavl covered about 94,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Principality of Pereyaslavl en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Pereyaslavl
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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- Sources & Evidence · Principality of Chernigov The Tale of Igor's Campaign: The 1185 Raid, the Lost Manuscript and the Forgery Debate The Tale of Igor's Campaign and the failed raid of 1185: what the chronicles say, how the only manuscript was lost, and why scholars think it genuine.
- People · Kievan Rus' Vladimir Monomakh: The Prince Who Held Rus' Together Vladimir Monomakh, grand prince of Kyiv from 1113 to 1125: his wars against the Polovtsians, the councils that kept Rus' together, his Instruction, and the cap.
- War & Warriors · Kievan Rus' The Mongol Invasion of Rus' (1237–1240): How the Cities Fell How the Mongols conquered Rus' in 1237–1240, city by city from Ryazan and Vladimir to Kyiv, what chronicles and graves show, and where the "Tatar yoke" began.
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