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Its most powerful force was the merchants who traded with the Hanseatic League. Pskov's independence was formally recognized by Novgorod in 1348. [13] Several years later, the veche promulgated a law code (called the Pskov Charter ), which was one of the principal sources of the all-Russian law code issued in 1497.
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The Pskov Republic (Russian: Псковская республика, romanized: Pskovskaya respublika) was a medieval state in northern Russia. Originally a principality and then a part of the Novgorod Republic, Pskov became an independent republic in 1348.
In 1348 Pskov achieved full independence as a republic, but in 1510 it was annexed by Moscow and in 1571 was sacked by Ivan IV (the Terrible). The city survived sieges by Stephen Báthory of Poland in 1581 and by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in 1615.
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Pskov never rivaled Novgorod as a commercial center, yet the self-reliant spirit of its citizens, who declared independence from Novgorod in 1348, was much in evidence during its turbulent...
Formal independence ended in 1510, when Pskov was occupied by the troops of Vasili III of Russia, the Grand Prince of Moscow. Throughout history, Pskov lands were always situated in the west of Russian Lands, and its rulers were almost constantly at war.
Pskov is one of the oldest Russian towns, being first mentioned in a chronicle of the year 903 as Pleskov. The town became important in the Middle Ages as a centre for trade between the interior of Russia and the Hanseatic seaports of the Baltic. A kremlin (citadel) called the Krom was established on a promontory in the town beside the Velikaya.
An essential feature of Pskov’s political system was that princely authority arose concurrently with the process of gaining independence; in contrast, the prince existed from the outset in Polotsk and Novgorod. Later, the power of the prince in Pskov increased or weakened as a kind of reflection of other institutions in the boyar republic.
