Topic summary
Nowogród Siewierski
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Novhorod-Siverskyi.
History
After the town's destruction by Mongols in 1239, it passed to the princes of Bryansk and then to the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. It was ruled by Kaributas, son of Algirdas. Muscovy obtained the area following the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503, but lost it to Poland after the Time of Troubles, when it submitted to False Dmitry I in the Battle of Novhorod-Siverskyi. Nowogród Siewierski was granted Magdeburg city rights in 1620 by Polish King Sigismund III Vasa. Under Polish rule, the city was granted Magdeburg Law. It was the easternmost powiat (county) seat of Poland.