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Name: Mikulinskoe Principality

Type: Polity

Start: 1340 AD

End: 1485 AD

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Was one of the many Russian Principalties that existed in the Middle Ages and were later inglobated either into Russia or Lithuania.

Establishment


  • January 1340: The Principality was formed in 13 in '39, after the Grand Duke of Tver Alexander was killed in the Horde.
  • Chronology


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    1. 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).

    1.1.Lithuanian-Muscovite War (1368-1372)

    Were a series of military invasions of the the Grand Duchy of Moscow by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

    1.1.1.Russian counterattack against Algirdas

    Was the Russian counterattack to the Lithuanian invasion started in 1368.

  • November 1370: On November 26, the Lithuanian army besieged Volokolamsk. The battle continued for two days. Lithuanians killed Prince Vasily Ivanovich Berezuysky, commander of the city's defenses, but did not succeed in capturing the city.
  • December 1370: A truce between Russia and Lithuania was concluded. Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas retreated from the occupied territories.

  • 2. 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.

    2.1.Wars of Ivan III

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

  • January 1486: The Mikulinskoe principality was ruled by Prince Ivan Mikulinsky until it was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1485. The annexation marked the end of Mikulinsky's rule and the incorporation of the territory into the expanding Moscow principality. It lasted until the annexation of the Tver principality of Moscow in 1486.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1486: The Mikulinskoe principality was ruled by Prince Ivan Mikulinsky until it was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in 1485. The annexation marked the end of Mikulinsky's rule and the incorporation of the territory into the expanding Moscow principality. It lasted until the annexation of the Tver principality of Moscow in 1486.
  • Selected Sources


  • Batūra, R. (2013): Algirdo žygiai į Maskvą 1368 1370, 1372in Zikaras, K.: Žymiausi Lietuvos mūšiai ir karinės operacijos (2nd ed.). Vilnius (Lithuania), pp. 46-49
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