Polity Principality of Turov (Golden Horde)

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Was one of the major Principalities that succeeded to the Kievan Rus'. It controlled regions on the territory of modern southern Belarus and northern Ukraine. 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 Gediminas

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

  • January 1321: Expansion of Lithuania by 1320.
  • January 1327: Expansion of Lithuania by 1326.
  • January 1337: Expansion of Lithuania by 1336.
  • January 1341: Incorporation of the Principality of Turov into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 1316: Expansion of Lithuania by 1315.

Disestablishment

  • January 1341: Incorporation of the Principality of Turov into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

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