The Treaty of Bolotovo (russian: Болотовский договор) was concluded in 1348 between the northwestern Russian cities of

Novgorod the Great Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...

and Pskov and recognized Pskov's political independence from Novgorod. Up until that point, Pskov had, at least nominally, been part of the Novgorodian Land and subordinate to Novgorod, although it had invited in its own princes and been de facto independent for perhaps a century before that.

Valentin Yanin Valentin Lavrentievich Yanin (russian: Валентин Лаврентьевич Янин; 6 February 1929 – 2 February 2020) was a leading Russian historian who authored 700 books and articles. He had also edited a number of important journals ...

argues Pskov became politically independent in 1329,V. L. Ianin, " 'Bolotovskii' Dogovor: O vzaimootnosheniakh Novgoroda i Pskova v XII-XV vv." ''Otechestvennaia Istoriia'' No. 6 (1992): 3-14. but they had also invited several princes before, including Vsevolod Mstislavich (who had been in Novgorod before being dismissed in 1136) and the Lithuanian prince Dovmont (1266–1299).

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