Chernigov land

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East Slavic polity historical region medieval principality

Chernigov land was a medieval East Slavic principality centered around the city of Chernihiv, historically significant as a major political and cultural region of Kievan Rus'.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chernigov land canonical	2
Chernigov Governorate	1
Chernigov lands	1
Starodub region	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	East Slavic polity ⓘ historical region ⓘ medieval principality ⓘ
associatedWith	Kievan Rus' aristocracy ⓘ Rus' chronicles ⓘ surface form: Old Rus' chronicles
borderedBy	Principality of Kiev ⓘ surface form: Kiev land Novgorod-Seversk land ⓘ Smolensk Voivodeship ⓘ surface form: Smolensk land
capital	Chernihiv ⓘ
centeredOnRiver	Desna River ⓘ
coreCity	Chernihiv ⓘ
culturalRole	important center of Old Rus' culture ⓘ
declineCause	Mongol conquests ⓘ surface form: Mongol conquest
economyBasedOn	agriculture ⓘ trade along the Desna and Dnieper river systems ⓘ
ethnicComposition	East Slavs ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
heritage	part of historical heritage of Belarus ⓘ part of historical heritage of Ukraine ⓘ
historicalEra	Middle Ages ⓘ
includedCity	Chernihiv ⓘ Novgorod-Seversk ⓘ surface form: Novgorod-Seversky Starodub ⓘ
knownFor	fortified hillforts and towns ⓘ medieval Orthodox churches ⓘ
language	Old East Slavic ⓘ
laterControlledBy	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ Kingdom of Poland ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Ukraine ⓘ
militaryRole	important military center on the southeastern frontier of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
notableRuler	Mstislav Vladimirovich the Great ⓘ surface form: Mstislav the Great Sviatoslav Olgovich ⓘ
notableRulingBranch	Olgovichi ⓘ
partOf	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
politicalStatus	one of the largest principalities of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
politicalStructure	appanage principality ⓘ
predecessor	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
regionType	land (volost) of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religiousCenter	Chernihiv cathedrals and monasteries ⓘ
ruledByDynasty	Rurik dynasty ⓘ surface form: Rurikid dynasty
significance	major cultural center of Kievan Rus' ⓘ major political center of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
subjectTo	Tatar invasion of Russia ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasion of Rus'
timePeriodEndApprox	13th century ⓘ
timePeriodStartApprox	late 10th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olgovichi → region → Chernigov land ⓘ

Kiev Governorate → hasBorderWith → Chernigov land ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chernigov Governorate

Truce of Andrusovo → grantedControlOf → Chernigov land ⓘ

this entity surface form: Starodub region

Principality of Putyvl → partOf → Chernigov land ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chernigov lands

Principality of Starodub → partOf → Chernigov land ⓘ