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Name: ryazan principality

Type: Cluster

Start: 1133 AD

End: 1520 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Principality of Ryazan
  • Principality of Ryazan (Mongol Empire)
  • Principality of Ryazan (Golden Horde)
  • Principality of Ryazan (Vassal of Moscow)
  • Establishment


  • January 1133: Following the death of Mstislav I of Kiev in 1132, the semi-autonomous states of the Kievan Rus' were de facto independent.
  • Chronology


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    1. Fragmentation of the Kievan Rus´


    Following the death of Mstislav I of Kiev in 1132, the semi-autonomous states of the Kievan Rus' were de facto independent.


    2. Mongol invasions and conquests


    Were a series of military campaigny by the Mongols that created the largest contiguous Empire in history, the Mongol Empire, which controlled most of Eurasia.

    2.1.Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

    The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century.

  • January 1238: In December 1237, the Principality of Ryazan became the first of all other former states of Kievan Rus' to suffer from the Mongol invasion.

  • 3. Mongol Civil Wars


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

    3.1.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.

    3.1.1.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.

  • 4. Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars


    Were a series of wars between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow (later the Tsardom of Russia).

    4.1.Lithuanian annexion of Smolensk

    Was a war between Moscow and Lithuania that included figths on the Ugra river and the Lithuanian annexion of Smolensk.

  • January 1403: Vasily hesitated until Vytautas advanced on Pskov. Alarmed by Lithuania's continuing expansion, Vasily sent an army to aid the Pskovians against his father-in-law. The Russian and Lithuanian armies met near the Ugra River.
  • February 1403: The commander didn't ventured to commit his troops to battle. A peace ensued, whereby Vytautas kept Smolensk.

  • 5. Russo-Kazan Wars


    Was a series of wars fought between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Khanate of Kazan from 1439, until Kazan was finally conquered by the Tsardom of Russia under Ivan the Terrible in 1552.

    5.1.Wars of Ivan III

    Russian military campaign against the Khanate of Kazan by Ivan III.

  • November 1480: The Great Stand on the Ugra River was a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Prince Ivan III of Muscovy in 1480 on the banks of the Ugra River, which ended when the Tatars departed without conflict. It is seen in Russian historiography as the end of Tatar/Mongol rule over Moscow.
  • January 1484: Expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow by 1484.
  • January 1484: Ryazan completely annexed Pronsk in 1483 during the regency of Anna of Ryazan.
  • January 1484: The Grand Duchy of Moscow gained the Elets principality (Елец) from Ryazan by an agreement.

  • 5.2.Wars of Vasily III

    Russian military campaign against the Khanate of Kazan by Vasily III.

  • January 1521: The Principality of Ryazan is acquired by Moscow.

  • 6. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1171: In the 1160s the Principality of Ryazan was divided into the Murom principality and the Ryazan principality.

  • January 1354: In 1353, Lopasnya was incorporated into the Principality of Ryazan, which was under the rule of the Golden Horde at the time. This transfer of territory was a result of political and military agreements between the rulers of Ryazan and the Golden Horde.

  • January 1382: In 1381, the territory of Meshchera (Мещёрская) was purchased by the Grand Duchy of Moscow from local princes.

  • January 1382: Tula (Тула, Russia) was conquered by Ryazan from the Mongols but at some point reconquered back by the Mosvoites.

  • January 1453: Ulugh Muhammad was a prominent ruler of the Golden Horde. His son, Qasim Khan, sought refuge in Moscow and was granted land by Vasily II, establishing the Qasim Khanate in 1452. This territory was located in the modern-day Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.

  • January 1457: Vassalage of Ryazan to Moscow since 1456.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1521: The Principality of Ryazan is acquired by Moscow.
  • Selected Sources


  • Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164
  • Атлас. 6 класс. История России с древнейших времен до XVI века (Atlas. 6th grade. History of Russia from ancient times to the 16th century.) , Дрофа Publisher (2015), Moscow (Russia), p. 23
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