Rostov Principality

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Was one of the major Principalities that succeeded to the Kievan Rus'. It was centered on Rostov, 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 1208: In 1207 a sub-principality of Rostov was established again under Konstantin Vsevoloditsch.

Chronology

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1. 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.

1.1.Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'

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

April 1238: In 1238, during the Mongol invasion of Rus', Batu Khan led the conquest of several principalities including Vladimir, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Yuriev-Polsky, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Uglich, and Kozelsk. These territories fell under the control of the Rostov Principality within the Mongol Empire.