Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal
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Was one of the major principalities that succeeded Kievan Rus' in the late 12th century, centered in Vladimir-on-Klyazma (Russia). 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 1158: urij Dolgorukij moved the throne of the principality of Rostov-Suzdal to Vladimir in 1157.
Chronology
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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.
1.1.Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered the Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century.
February 1238: The Mongols burnt down Kolomna and Moscow.
February 1238: After burning down Kolomna and Moscow, the Mongols proceeded to besiege the city Vladimir. Three days later, the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal was taken and burnt to the ground.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir Suzdal crossed the Volga to engage the Mongols.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir-Suzdal were encircled and totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4. Vladimir-Suzdal became a Mongol vassal.
January 1166: The first reliably known prince of Kolomna was Gleb Svyatoslavich.
January 1171: In the 1160s the Principality of Ryazan was divided into the Murom principality and the Ryazan principality.
January 1176: The Pereyaslavl-Zalessky Principality Existed from 1175.
January 1208: In 1207 a sub-principality of Rostov was established again under Konstantin Vsevoloditsch.
January 1214: The Yurievsky Principality was founded in 1213 by Prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich.
January 1217: The Principality of Suzdal is established as an inheritance of the Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Grand Duchy.
January 1217: Uglitsky principality (1216-1605).
January 1219: The Yaroslavl principality was a Russian principality with the center in the city of Yaroslavl which existed from 1218 to 1463.
January 1219: The Principality of Suzdal is reabsorbed by the Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Grand Duchy.
January 1229: In 1228 the Yurievsky Principality was annexed to the possessions of the Vladimir-Suzdal princes.
Disestablishment
February 1238: The Mongols burnt down Kolomna and Moscow.
February 1238: After burning down Kolomna and Moscow, the Mongols proceeded to besiege the city Vladimir. Three days later, the capital of Vladimir-Suzdal was taken and burnt to the ground.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir Suzdal crossed the Volga to engage the Mongols.
March 1238: The forces of Vladimir-Suzdal were encircled and totally annihilated by the Mongols in the Battle of the Sit River on March 4. Vladimir-Suzdal became a Mongol vassal.
