Principality of Turov

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The Principality of Turov was a medieval East Slavic polity centered on the town of Turov in present-day Belarus, historically part of Kievan Rus'.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic polity
former state
medieval principality
associatedWith history of Belarus
history of Kievan Rus'
medieval East Slavic states
borderedBy other principalities of Kievan Rus'
capital Turov NERFINISHED
centeredOn town of Turov
culture Kievan Rus' culture NERFINISHED
developedFrom early East Slavic tribal territories
ethnicComposition East Slavs NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
hadEconomyBasedOn agriculture
craft production
trade
hadElite boyars
princely dynasty
hadPopulation East Slavic peasants
hadReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
hadUrbanCenter Turov NERFINISHED
historicalEra Middle Ages
historicalRegion Polesia NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance part of the political structure of Kievan Rus'
historicalTerritoryNowIn Brest Region of Belarus NERFINISHED
Gomel Region of Belarus NERFINISHED
integratedInto Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED
language Old East Slavic
legalTradition Kievan Rus' law
locatedIn Eastern Europe
locatedInHistoricRegion Ruthenia NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Belarus NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Pripyat River NERFINISHED
partOf Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED
politicalSystem appanage principality
presentInTerritoryOf Republic of Belarus NERFINISHED
regionType riverine principality
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
religiousInstitution Orthodox bishopric of Turov NERFINISHED
rulingTitle prince
successorState Grand Duchy of Lithuania NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth NERFINISHED
timePeriod High Middle Ages
wasFeudalState true
wasVassalOf Grand Prince of Kiev NERFINISHED

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Principality of Polotsk sharesBorderWith Principality of Turov