Principality of Polotsk information

Principality of Polotsk
Полотєскаѧ Княжество (Old East Slavic)
Principality of Polotsk Полотєскаѧ Княжество (Old East Slavic)
987–1504
	Banner of Polotesk under the Lithuanian domain. Izyaslav's seal avers
	The Principality of Polotsk on the map of Europe
Status	Vassal of Kievan Rus' (1001–1021); Vassal of Livonian Brothers of the Sword (1227-1240); Part of Lithuania after 1307; Transformation into a voivodeship 1504;
Capital	Polotesk
Common languages	Old East Slavic
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy; Slavic paganism
Government	Monarchy
Prince of Polotsk
• 1044–1101	Vseslav
Legislature	Veche
History
• Established	987
• Total incorporation into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania	1504
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kievan Rus
Polotsk Voivodeship
Today part of	Belarus; Latvia; Russia

The Principality of Polotsk (Belarusian: По́лацкае кня́ства, romanized: Polackaje kniastva; Latin: Polocensis Ducatus), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus',^[1] was a medieval principality of the Early East Slavs.^[2] The origin and date of state establishment is uncertain. Chronicles of Kievan Rus' mention Polotsk being conquered by Vladimir the Great,^[3] and thereafter it became associated with Kievan Rus' and its ruling Rurik dynasty.

The principality was supposedly established around the town of Polotsk (now in Belarus) by the tribal union of Krivichs. In the second half of the 10th century, Polotsk was governed by its own dynasty; its first ruler mentioned in the chronicles was the semi-legendary Rogvolod (?–978), better known as the father of Rogneda. The principality was heavily involved in several succession crises of the 11th–12th centuries and a war with the Land of Novgorod. By the 13th century, it was integrated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

At the time of its greatest extent, the principality stretched over large parts of present-day northern and central Belarus and a smaller part of today's southeastern Latvia, including (besides Polotsk itself) the following towns: Vitebsk, Drutsk, Minsk, Izjaslaw (now Zaslawye), Lahoysk, Barysaw, Brachyslaw (now Braslaw), Kukeinos (now Koknese) and others.

^ Linda Gordon (1983): Cossack Rebellions: Social Turmoil in the Sixteenth Century Ukraine (p. 241)
^ Fennell, J. (2014). The Crisis of Medieval Russia 1200–1304. Longman History of Russia. Taylor & Francis. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-317-87314-3. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ Feldbrugge, Ferdinand J. M. (20 October 2017). A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. BRILL. p. 27. ISBN 9789004352148.

[1] Linda Gordon (1983): Cossack Rebellions: Social Turmoil in the Sixteenth Century Ukraine (p. 241)

[Fennell_2014_p._17-2] Fennell, J. (2014). The Crisis of Medieval Russia 1200–1304. Longman History of Russia. Taylor & Francis. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-317-87314-3. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

[3] Feldbrugge, Ferdinand J. M. (20 October 2017). A History of Russian Law: From Ancient Times to the Council Code (Ulozhenie) of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich of 1649. BRILL. p. 27. ISBN 9789004352148.

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