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The Principality of Chernigov was one of the largest and most powerful states within Kievan Rus'. For a time the principality was the second most powerful after Kiev. The principality was formed in the 10th century and maintained some of its distinctiveness until the 16th century.
From the early 11th century on, it was the seat of the powerful Principality of Chernigov, whose rulers at times vied for power with Kievan Grand Princes, and often overthrew them and took the primary seat in Kiev for themselves.
Until the 11th century Chernihiv principality was governed by local (tribal) elders and by vicegerents who were sent from Kyiv to collect tribute, administer justice, and organize a defense against foreign enemies, particularly the nomadic hordes. In 1024–36 the principality was ruled by Prince Mstyslav Volodymyrovych, who came from Tmutorokan.
The Prince of Chernigov was the kniaz, the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Chernigov, a lordship which lasted four centuries straddling what are now parts of Ukraine, Belarus and the Russian Federation.
The history of the dynasty's first hundred years appeared in 1994 as The Dynasty of Chernigov 1054–1146. It began with the year in which Svyatoslav Yaroslavich became the autonomous prince of Chernigov and ended with the year in which his grandson Vsevolod Ol′govich died as prince of Kiev.
In the 11th–13th century Chernihiv was the capital of Chernihiv principality, whose first ruler was Prince Mstyslav Volodymyrovych, the son of Volodymyr the Great. The old city was situated on an elevated terrace between the Desna River and its tributary the Stryzhen.
two of the strongest principalities - Rostov-Suzdal' and Chernigov.4 The rivalry was terminated only with the death of Mikhail Vsevolodovich, prince of Chernigov, in 1246.5 The purpose of this article is to investigate the nature of the power struggle which followed the sack of Kiev in the spring of 1235. The. 1.1. M.
