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Name: Kingdom of Rus'

Type: Polity

Start: 1257 AD

End: 1260 AD

Nation: kingdom of galicia–volhynia

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This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Rus' and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was the name of the Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia when Danylo was crowned by the papal legate Opizo de Mezzano in Dorohochyn 1253 as the first King of all Rus. For most of its existence it was a vassal to the Mongol Empire or to its successor in the region, the Golden Horde.

Establishment


  • January 1257: In 1256 Danylo succeeded in driving the Mongols out of Volhynia.
  • 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.

  • Disestablishment


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


  • Kopalyan, N. (2017): World Political Systems after Polarity, Taylor & Francis, p. 164
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