Principality of Minsk

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In 1101, during the division of the possessions of the Polotsk prince Vseslav Bryachislavich between his sons, the Polotsk principality was divided into 6 or 7 appanages. One of these was the Minsk principality.

Establishment

January 1102: In 1101, during the division of the possessions of the Polotsk prince Vseslav Bryachislavich between the sons, the single Polotsk principality was divided into 6 or 7 appanages. One of such was the Minsk principality.

Chronology

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1. 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.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1128: Gorodenskoe principality was an appanage principality with the center in Gorodnya, which existed in the XII century. Goroden was first mentioned in the chronicle under the year 1127.

January 1238: Lithuania, taking advantage of the conflict between the Teutonic and Livonian Orders, launched an attack on Ruthenia and successfully annexed the regions of Navahrudak and Hrodna.

January 1243: Trying to avoid the Tatar Yoke, the Principality of Minsk sought the protection of their Lithuanian allies and in 1242, Minsk was peacefully annexed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

January 1251: Drutsk was entirely taken over by the Principality of Minsk in the second half of the 13th.