The Principality of Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod) is one of the feudal principalities of the Northeast Russia of the 13th century with its capital in Gorodets. In addition to Gorodets, the principality included Nizhny Novgorod and, probably, Unzh .
There are no information about the exact formation of the principality. According to the historian B. Pudalov, the principality was established between 1263 and 1282 [1]. The first news of the new principality dates back to 1282 [2]. Prince Andrei Aleksandrovich becomes the Prince of Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod), most likely, by the will of his father, the Grand Prince of Vladimir Aleksandr Nevsky. After Andrei Aleksandrovich's death, in 1304, it is quite difficult to trace the fate of the principality.
According to one of the versions [3][4][5][6] the Principality of Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod) (or at least a significant part of it - Nizhny Novgorod) passed under the rule of the successor to Andrei Aleksandrovich on the grand table of Mikhail Yaroslavich of Tver. According to another version [7], the Principality of Gorodets was given to Mikhail, the son of Andrei Yaroslavich.
After 1305 available chronicles do not contain references to the princes of Gorodets. In 1311, Gorodets was occupied by Boris Danilovich, and Dmitri Mikhaylovich went against him, but was stopped in Vladimir by Metropolitan Pyotr. Most likely, in the interval between 1305 and 1311 the Principality of Gorodets (Nizny Novgorod) returned to the Grand Principality of Vladimir [1]. In particular, in 1328, together with a jarlig for the Grand Prince of Vladimir, the principality was transferred by the Öz Beg Khan in the subordination of the Prince of Suzdal Aleksandr Vasilievich, and later, in 1331, of the Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan Kalita. In 1341 it was separated from the Grand Principality of Vladimir and was transferred to the Principality of Suzdal, soon to be further transferred the principality of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod.
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- ^ a b Пудалов Б. М. Русские земли среднего Поволжья (вторая треть XIII — первая треть XIV в.): Глава 3.
- ^ НПЛ, С. 325; ПСРЛ. — Т. 18. — С. 86.
- ^ Пресняков А. Е. Образование Великорусского государства. — Petrograd, 1918. — Page 104, Annex. 2.
- ^ Будовниц И. У. Поддержка объединительных усилий Москвы населением русских городов: Академику Борису Дмитриевичу Грекову ко дню семидесятилетия. — Мoscow., 1952. — pages 119—120.
- ^ Очерки истории СССР: Период феодализма, XI—XV вв. — Moscow, 1953. — part 2. — p. 192.
- ^ Черепнин Л. В. Образование Русского централизованного государства в XIV—XV веках. — Moscow, 1960. — page 462.
- ^ Кучкин В. А. Формирование государственной территории северо-восточной Руси в X—XIV вв.: Глава 5.