Polity Principality of Chernigov (Golden Horde)

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Was one of the major Principalities that succeeded to the Kievan Rus'. The Principality of Chernigov consisted of regions of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. It was a Mongol vassal from 1238, and from 1261 a vassal of the successor state of the Mongol Empire in the region, the Golden Horde.

Establishment

  • January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.

Chronology

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1. Mongol Civil Wars

Were a series of wars between the successor states of the Mongol Empire.

1.1. Toluid Civil War

Was a war of succession over the Mongol Empire fought between Kublai Khan and his younger brother, Ariq Böke, from 1260 to 1264.

1.1.1. Division of the Mongol Empire

The Mongol Empire fragmented into four successor states at the beginning of the Toluid Civil War.

  • January 1261: The Mongol Empire fragmented into four political units: the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, the Yuan Dynasty and the Chagatai Khanate.

2. Conquests of Algirdas

Expansion during the rule of Algirdas in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

  • January 1357: Expansion of Lithuania by 1356.
  • January 1358: Briansk was taken in 1356 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Olgierd, and the principality lost its autonomy.

Disestablishment

  • January 1358: Briansk was taken in 1356 by the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Olgierd, and the principality lost its autonomy.

Selected Sources

  • Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164
  • VKL-1462-ru. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:VKL-1462-ru.png