Tmutarakan

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Tmutarakan was a medieval East Slavic principality and trading center of Kievan Rus’ located on the Taman Peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

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Tmutarakan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic polity
medieval principality
trading center
archaeologicalSiteAt Taman
borderedBy Caucasus region
Crimea across Kerch Strait
capitalOf Principality of Tmutarakan
connectedTo Byzantine Empire
Khazar Khaganate
declinedInPeriod late 11th century
engagedIn grain trade
maritime trade
salt trade
slave trade
ethnicComposition Alans
Circassians
East Slavs
Greeks
Khazar Khaganate
surface form: Khazars
flourishedInPeriod 10th century
11th century
governedBy Gleb Sviatoslavich
surface form: Prince Gleb Svyatoslavich

Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich
Prince Oleg Svyatoslavich
hasEvidence Tmutarakan stone inscription
historicalRegion Pontic–Caspian steppe
surface form: Pontic steppe
knownFor Black Sea trade
trade between Rus' and Byzantine Empire
trade between Rus' and Caucasus
languageUsed Old East Slavic
laterControlledBy Byzantine Empire
Cuman tribes
Genoese colonies in Crimea
surface form: Genoese colonies

Tmutarakan Greeks
locatedBetween Black Sea
Sea of Azov
locatedInPresentDay Russia
locatedInRegion Kuban River
surface form: Kuban
locatedOn Taman Peninsula
mentionedInSource Rus' chronicles
surface form: Primary Chronicle
partOf Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

Kievan Rus' sphere of influence
predecessor Khazar control of Taman Peninsula
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ruledBy Rurik dynasty
surface form: Rurikid dynasty
strategicFor access to Caucasus
control of Cimmerian Bosporus
TmutarakanStoneInscriptionRecords measurement of distance across Kerch Strait

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