Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество
Nizhegorodsko-Suzdalskoye velikoye knyazhestvo
1341–1425[citation needed]
of Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
Coat of arms
  Principality of Nizhny Novgorod c. 1350
CapitalNizhny Novgorod
Common languagesOld East Slavic, Russian
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy
Prince[1] 
• 1341–1355
Konstantin of Suzdal (first)
History 
• Established
1341
1425[citation needed]
Currencyruble, denga, tenge
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Vladimir-Suzdal
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Nizhegorodsky Uyezd

The Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal[1] (Russian: Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество), also known as Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod (also spelt Nizhnii),[3] was a principality formed in 1341. Its main towns were Nizhny Novgorod, Suzdal, Gorokhovets, Gorodets, and Kurmysh.[4] Nizhny Novgorod was the seat of the principality from 1350. The prince Dmitry of Suzdal obtained the yarlik (patent) for the title of Grand Prince of Vladimir from khan Nawruz Beg in 1360.[1]

History

Main article: History of Nizhny Novgorod

Konstantin of Suzdal [ru] merged the principalities of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod in 1341 with the approval of Jani Beg, who became Khan of the Golden Horde next year.[5]

List of princes

Yurievichi connection of Moscow, Novgorod-Suzdal, and Tver
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
G. P. of Vladimir (1238–1246)
Grandson of Yurievichi progenitor Yuri Dolgorukiy
Alexander Nevsky
G. P. of Vladimir (1252–1263)		Andrey II of Vladimir
G. P. of Vladimir (1249–1252)		Yaroslav of Tver
Prince of Tver (1264–1271)
Daniel of Moscow
Prince of Moscow (12??–1303)
Daniilovichi progenitor		Konstantin of Suzdal
Prince of Nizhny
Novgorod-Suzdal (1341–1355)		Mikhail of Tver
Prince of Tver (1285–1318)
G. P. of Vladimir (1304–1318)

References

  1. ^ a b c Martin 2007, p. 229.
  2. ^ Rein Taagepera (September 1997). "Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia". International Studies Quarterly. 41 (3): 475–504. doi:10.1111/0020-8833.00053. JSTOR 2600793.
  3. ^ Martin 2007, p. 230.
  4. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), vol. 25, p. 57
  5. ^ a b Martin 2007, p. 199.
  6. ^ Halperin 1987, p. 75.

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