Principality of Ryazan

Principality of Ryazan
Grand Principality of Ryazan
Великое княжество Рязанское (Russian)
1129–1521
Symbol of Ryazan
Symbol
  Principality of Ryazan c. 1350
StatusPrincipality
CapitalRyazan
Common languagesRussian
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy
GovernmentMonarchy
LegislatureVeche
History 
• Established
1129
• Incorporation into Muscovy
1521
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Principality of Chernigov
Grand Duchy of Moscow

The Principality of Ryazan (Russian: Рязанское княжество), later known as the Grand Principality of Ryazan (Russian: Великое княжество Рязанское), was a principality from 1129 to 1521.[1] Its capital was the city of Ryazan, now known as Old Ryazan, which was destroyed in 1237 during the Mongol invasions.[2] The capital was moved to Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky, later renamed Ryazan.

Initially a part of the Principality of Murom, it fully split off from the Principality of Chernigov by 1129 as Murom-Ryazan.[3] Murom was taken by Moscow in 1392,[4] while Ryazan later became dependent on Moscow and was formally taken over by Vasili in 1521,[3] and incorporated into the centralized Russian state.[5] It maintained its formal independence longer than any other Russian principality.[4]

  1. ^ "Ryazan". britannica.com.
  2. ^ Meyendorff, John (2010). Byzantium and the rise of Russia: a study of Byzantino-Russian relations in the fourteenth century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 38. ISBN 9780521135337.
  3. ^ a b Fennell, John (2014). The crisis of medieval Russia, 1200-1304. London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis. pp. 11–12. ISBN 9781317873143.
  4. ^ a b Feldbrugge, F. J. M. (2017). A history of Russian law: from ancient times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. Leiden. p. 35. ISBN 9789004352148.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Potter, George Richard (ed.). The New Cambridge Modern History, Volume 1. p. 521. ISBN 9781139055765.

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