Princes of Putivl

Siversk principality. (Novgorod-Siversky???_)One of the appanage principalities of the Chernihiv-Siversk land. It was founded in 1097 and was also known as Novhorod-Siverskyi principality (after its capital, Novhorod-Siverskyi). Initially its territory extended along the Snov River and the middle Desna River, and after the mid-1130s it expanded along the Seim River as far as Kursk. The region around the upper Desna River and the Oka River, settled by the Viatichians, also came under its control.

The first ruler of the Siversk principality was Prince Oleh (Mykhail) Sviatoslavych; his successors, the Olhovych house, frequently also controlled Chernihiv principality and often contended for the Kyivan throne. In the 1140s and 1150s Siversk principality separated from the Chernihiv region, and by the end of the 12th century it had been divided into several small principalities around Kursk, Putyvl, and other cities. Princes of Siversk clashed with the Cumans, particularly in the late 12th century. One of those campaigns, led by Ihor Sviatoslavych in 1185, was celebrated in the epic poem Slovo o polku Ihorevi (The Tale of Ihor's Campaign).

When Batu Khan attacked Eastern Europe in the 1240s, Siversk principality was ravaged, but it continued to exist under Tatar hegemony. In the mid-14th century it came under the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; the first Lithuanian prince of Siversk was Dymytrii Olgierdovych (son of Algirdas). Muscovy, controlled Siversk principality from 1503 and liquidated it in 1523. The territory was later briefly held by Poland (1618–48).

BIBLIOGRAPHY Golubovskii, P. Istoriia Severskoi zemli do poloviny XIV st. (Kyiv 1881) Bagalei, D. Istoriia Severskoi Zemli do poloviny XIV st. (Kyiv 1882) Hrushevs’kyi, M. ‘Chernyhiv i Sivershchyna v ukraïns’kii istoriï,’ in Chernyhiv i pivnichne livoberezhzhia (Kyiv 1928) Rymut, K. ‘Nazwy miejscowe dawnego księstwa Siewierskiego,’ Onomastica, 1970, nos 1–2 Drevnerusskie kniazhestva X–XIII vv. (Moscow 1975) Rybakov, B. ‘Chernigovskoe i Severskoe kniazhestva,’ in Kievskaia Rus’ i russkie kniazhestva XII–XIII vv. (Moscow 1982)

From the 12th century until 1523 Putyvl was the center of an appanage principality, which was part of Kyivan Rus’, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1356–1503), and Muscovy. The town, which is described in Slovo o polku Ihorevi, withstood a Cuman siege in 1186.

In the 12th and early 13th centuries it was the capital of an appanage principality. The city is described in the Tale of Igor’s Campaign. Destroyed by Mongol Tatars in 1240, the city was absorbed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1356. In 1500, Grand Prince Ivan III Vasil’evich incorporated Putivl’ into the Muscovite state.

1164-1180 Igor Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (1151-1202)

1185-1198 Vladimir III Igorevich (1170-1211)

1208-1210 Vladimir III Igorevich (1170-1211)

?         Roman Igorevich

Olgovichi, Prince of Putivl Principality was ruled by princes of Olshanski and Olgovichi.

Vladimir Ivanovich (???-1300-???) Stanislav Terence (???-1324) Fyodor (1324-1362)

In 1331 Kiev once again was taken by members of Rurik dynasty (Olgovich branch), the prince of Putivl.

Portrait	Name	Branch	Born-Died	Ruled From	Ruled Until	Notes Fyodor (Teodoras)	Siverski (Olgovichi)	?–? 1331	1362	son of Ivan