Stepan Tverdislavich (russian: Степан Твердиславич) (died August 16, 1243), the son of Tverdislav, was a

Novgorodian The Novgorod Republic was a medieval state that existed from the 12th to 15th centuries, stretching from the Gulf of Finland in the west to the northern Ural Mountains in the east, including the city of Novgorod and the Lake Ladoga regions of mod ...

posadnik in 1230–43. After 1220 Stepan merged into the Novgorodian political struggle. He showed himself as an adherent of the alliance with Vladimir-Suzdal princes, considering them helpful against Germans and Swedes.'' Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (1976), vol. 24 (I), p. 487 In 1230 Stepan arranged a coup to be elected posadnik. He managed to smooth the rivalry between the

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the Feudalism, feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Kievan Rus', Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria, Russian nobility, Russia, Boyars of Moldavia and Wallachia, Wallachia and ...

factions, which facilitated Novgorodian victories over external enemies in 1234, 1240 and 1242.

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Posadniks of Novgorod 1243 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Russia-bio-stub