State
Principality of Chernigov
former country
- This boundary
- 988–1402 CE
- Founded
- 988 CE
- Ended
- 1402
- Capital
- Chernihiv
- Government
- monarchy
- Languages
- Old East Slavic
Overview
The Principality of Chernigov or Chernihiv was one of the largest and most powerful states within Kievan Rus'. For a time the principality was the second most powerful after the Principality of Kiev. The principality was formed in the 10th century and maintained some of its distinctiveness until the 16th century. The Principality of Chernigov consisted of regions of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
Records (3)
- 1067 — Battle on the Nemiga RiverBattle
- 1078 — Battle of Nezhatina NivaBattle
- 1226–1228 — Internecine War in the Principality of ChernihivWar
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