Principality of TverThe Principality of Tver (Russian: Тверское княжество, romanized: Tverskoye knyazhestvo) was a Russian principality which existed between the 13th and the 15th centuries with its capital in Tver. The principality was located approximately in the area currently occupied by Tver Oblast and the eastern part of Smolensk Oblast. It was one of the states established after the fall of Kievan Rus'. Originally part of the Pereyaslavl-Zalessky principality, Tver became an independent principality when Yar...
Grand Prince of MoscowThe Grand Prince of Moscow (Russian: великий князь Московский, romanized: velikiy knyaz Moskovskiy), known as the Prince of Moscow until 1389, was the ruler of the Grand Principality of Moscow. The Moscow principality was initially established in the 13th century as an appanage within the Vladimir-Suzdal grand principality. By the late 14th century, the grand principality became a family possession of the princes of Moscow; the monarch bore the title of grand prince of Vladimir and Moscow a...
Grand princeGrand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) is a hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. Grand duke is the usual and established, though not literal, translation of these terms in English and the Romance languages, which do not normally use separate words for a "prince" who reigns as a monarch (e.g., Albert II, Prince of Monaco) and a "prince" who does not reign, but belongs to a monarch's family (e.g., Prince George of Wales). ...
Golden HordeThe Golden Horde, or Ulus of Jochi, self-designated as Ulug Ulus (lit.'Great State' in Turkic), was originally a Mongol and later Turkicizedkhanate established in the 13th century, originating from the northwestern part of the Mongol Empire. After the division of the empire in 1259, it became a functionally independent khanate. It is also known as the Kipchak Khanate, and replaced the earlier, less organized Cuman–Kipchak confederation. It originally consisted of the lands bequeathed to Jochi (d. 1225). It gre...
KnyazA knyaz, also knez, knjaz, kniaź or kniaz (Church Slavonic: кънѧѕь, romanized: kŭnędzĭ), is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times. It is usually translated into English as 'prince', 'king' or 'duke', depending on specific historical context and the potentially known Latin equivalents at the time; the word was originally derived from the common Germanic* ('king'). Feminine forms of the word may be divided into two groups: "Princess", be it princess consort (w...
Vladimir-SuzdalThe Grand Principality of Vladimir, before 1157 the Principality of Suzdal, commonly known as Vladimir-Suzdal, or simply Suzdalia, was a Russian principality. Its capital was the city of Vladimir. In Russian historiography, its original territory is commonly denoted as northeast Russia or northeast Rus'. It was originally established during the disintegration of Kievan Rus'. Prince Yury Dolgoruky (r. 1125–1157) moved his capital from Rostov to Suzdal in 1125, following the death of his father, Vladimir Monomak...
Grand dukeGrand duke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European , used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. The title is used in some current and former independent monarchies in Europe titled as Grand Duchy, particularly: in present-day Luxembourg, the last territory ranked as Grand Duchyhistorically by the sovereigns of former independent countries, such as Tuscany (from 1569 to 1860, now part of Italy)in Baden, Hesse, Oldenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Saxe-Weimar-...
Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-SuzdalThe Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal, also known as the Grand Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal, was a Russian principality. It was established in 1341, when Konstantin of Suzdal gained control of Gorodets and Nizhny Novgorod. In 1350, he transferred his seat from Suzdal to Nizhny Novgorod and assumed the title of grand prince. In the mid-14th century, Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal replaced Tver as a potential rival to Moscow. From 1360 to 1363, Dmitry of Suzdal occupied the throne of the Grand Principality ...
Suzdalian ChronicleThe Suzdalian Chronicle (Church Slavonic: Суздальскаѧ Лѣтопись, romanized: Suzdal'skaę Lětopys'; Russian: Суздальская летопись, romanized: Suzdal'skaia letopis'), also known as the Chronicle of Vladimir-Suzdal, Suzdal–Vladimirian Chronicle or Laurentian–Radziwiłł–Academic Chronicle (LRAC), is a Rus' chronicle. It is one of several continuations of the Primary Chronicle (PVL). In the strictest sense of the term, Suzdalian Chronicle only means the segment between 117...
Romanization of RussianThe romanization of the Russian language (the transliteration of Russian text from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script), aside from its primary use for including Russian names and words in text written in a Latin alphabet, is also essential for computer users to input Russian text who either do not have a keyboard or word processor set up for inputting Cyrillic, or else are not capable of typing rapidly using a native Russian keyboard layout (JCUKEN). In the latter case, they would type using a system of t...
Laurentian CodexThe Laurentian Codex or Laurentian Letopis (Russian: Лаврентьевский список, Лаврентьевская летопись) is a collection of chronicles that includes the oldest extant version of the Primary Chronicle and its continuations, mostly relating the events of the northeastern Rus' principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal.
Alan TimberlakeAlan Timberlake (born in 1946) is an American linguist, a professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Columbia University and the director of the East Central European Center.
Russian languageRussian is an East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russian people. Russian was the de facto (and de jure in its final years) official language of the former Soviet Union. It has remained an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, has constitutional status as the language of inter-ethnic communication in Tajikistan, and is still used as a lingua...*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.