Principality of Vshchizh

The Principality of Vshchizh is an autonomous principality within the Chernigov princedom, which existed from 1156 to 1239, with a center in the town of Vshchizh]. The teritory of the principality also included the town of [[Berezyi.

History In the first half of the 12th century, the territory of the principality was under the rule of the prince of Chernigov, Vsevolod Olgovich, who in 1142 ceded him to Chernigov Vladimir Davydovich. His son Svyatoslav became the first Prince of Vshchizh became.

In 1159, during Svyatoslav's reign Vshchizh was attacked and besieged by Svyatoslav Olgovich, who appeared to him with the Polotsk and Galician squad, and was not taken only thanks to the help sent by Andrei Bogolyubsky. Nevertheless, the Vshchizhsky principality fell into dependence on Svyatoslav Olgovich, who was established in Chernigov. In 1164, after his death, Svyatoslav Vshchizh became the eldest in the family, but he did not aspire to Chernigov and remained prince in Všíže until the end of his life ( 1167 ). After his death, the principality of Vshchizh was divided between his relatives, brothers Svyatoslav and YaroslavVsevolodichami. The division of ownership was dissatisfied with Oleg Svyatoslavich (prince of Novgorod and North).

After the Mongolian ruin in the spring of 1238, when Vshchizh was destroyed to the ground (with this event one of the historical versions relates the death of the four younger sons of Vladimir Svyatoslavich [1] ), the city and principality ceased to exist. From the middle of the 13th century, the territory of the former Principality of Vshchizh was included in the Principality of Bryansk.