Principality of Chernigov
Principality of Chernigov | |||||||||
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| 1024–1402 | |||||||||
Principality of Chernigov in 1054–1132 | |||||||||
Principality of Chernigov (1132) | |||||||||
| Status | Principality within Kievan Rus' (1024–1240) Vassal of the Golden Horde (1245–1362) Principality within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1362–1402) | ||||||||
| Capital | Chernigov | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic (official) | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodoxy (official) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy Olgovichi dynasty | ||||||||
| Prince | |||||||||
• 1024–1036 | Mstislav (first) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1024 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1402 | ||||||||
| Currency | Grivna | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Principality of Chernigov 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.