The Prince of Pereiaslavl was the ''
kniaz'' (the ruler or sub-ruler) of the
Rus
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* East Slavic historical territories and peoples (). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia
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** Rus' territories
*** Kievan ...
Principality of Pereiaslavl, a lordship based on the city of
Pereiaslavl
Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers ...
on the
Trubezh river
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and straddling extensive territory to the east in what are now parts of
Ukraine. It lay on Rus civilization's southern frontier with the
steppe
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Steppe biomes may include:
* the montane grasslands and shrublands biome
* the temperate grasslands, ...
.
The principality emerges was apportioned as the inheritance of
Vsevolod I of Kiev(
Kyiv, son of
Yaroslav the Wise; his brother
Sviatoslav
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received Chernigov, while Smolensk went to
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*Viacheslav Aliabiev (1934–2009), Ukrainian professional footballer
* Viacheslav Belavkin, professor in ...
and
Volodymyr to
Igor
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* Mighty Igor (1931–2002), former American professional wrestler
* Igor Volkoff, a professional wrestler from NWA All-Star Wrestling
* ...
; this ladder of succession is related to the seniority order mentioned above. Vsevolod's appanage included the northern lands of Rostov and the lightly colonised north-eastern zone of Rus (see
Vladimir-Suzdal).
The ''Primary Chronicle'' recorded that in 988 Vladimir had assigned the northern lands (later associated with Pereyaslavl) to Yaroslav. The town was destroyed by the Mongols in March 1239, the first of the great Rus cities to fall. Certainly from the reign of Vsevolod Yaroslavich, the princes of Pereyaslavl held the principality of
Rostov-Suzdal
Vladimir-Suzdal (russian: Владимирско-Су́здальская, ''Vladimirsko-Suzdal'skaya''), also Vladimir-Suzdalian Rus', formally known as the Grand Duchy of Vladimir (1157–1331) (russian: Владимиро-Су́здальс ...
, which was heavily colonized by Slavs thereafter, a process which strengthened the region's power and independence, separating the two regions.
In 1132, Yaropolk became Grand Prince on his brother Mstislav's death, while the Monomashichi descended into general internecine conflict over the Pereyaslavl principality. Yaropolk appointed Vsevolod Mstislavich,
prince of Novgorod, to the principality of Pereiaslavl - in this era designated heir to the Kievan throne - thus provoking Yaropolk's younger brother
Yuri Dolgoruki, controller of Suzdal, into war. Yuri drove out Vsevolod, whom Yaropolk then replaced with Iziaslav. An agreement was reached by 1134 between Yuri and Yaropolk that their common brother Vyacheslav would take the throne of Pereyaslavl.
[Martin, ''Medieval Russia'', pp. 105-6.]
List of princes of Pereyaslavl
*
Yaroslav I the Wise, 988–1010
*
Boris Vladimirovich
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*
Elias Yaroslavich
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, c. 1019
* —
*
Vsevolod I
Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (Russian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Ukrainian: Всеволод I Ярославич, Old Norse: Vissivald) (c. 1030 – 13 April 1093), ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death.
Early lif ...
, 1054–1076
*
Rostislav I Vsevolodich
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People
* Rostislav (given name), a Slavic male given name
Royalty
*Rastislav (died 9th-century), second ruler of Great Moravia 846–870
*Rostislav of Tmutarakan (1038–1066)
*Rostislav Vsevolodovich (1070– ...
1076, d. 1093
*
Vladimir I Monomakh, 1076–1078
* Rostislav I Vsevolodich (again), 1078–1093
* Vladimir II Vsevolodich (again), 1094–1113
* Svyatoslav I Vladimirovich, d. 1114
*
Yaropolk I, 1114–1132
* Vsevolod II Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
* Izyaslav I Mstislavich, 1132 x 1134
* Vyacheslav I Vladimirovich, 1132–1134
* Andrey Vladimirovich, 1135–1141
* Vyacheslav I Vladimirovich (again), 1142
*
Iziaslav II, 1143–1145
* Mstislav Izyaslavich, 1146–1149
* Rostislav II Yurevich, 1149–1151
* Mstislav Izyaslavich (again), 1151–1155
*
Gleb Yurevich, 1155–1169
* Vladimir III Glebovich, appointed 1169, died 1187
* Yaroslav II Mstislavich ??
*
Vsevolod III the Big Nest, ?–1206
* Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich, 1206
* Rurik Rostislavich, 1206–?
*
Vladimir IV Rurikovich
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* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukra ...
, 1206–1213
See also
*
Vladimir-Suzdal#Grand Princes of Vladimir-Suzdal
Notes
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