Principality of Polotsk

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East Slavic state former country medieval principality

The Principality of Polotsk was a major medieval East Slavic state centered on the city of Polotsk, influential in the political and cultural development of what is now Belarus and parts of northeastern Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Principality of Polotsk canonical 6
Duchy of Polotsk 1
Polotsk principality 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic state ⓘ
former country ⓘ
medieval principality ⓘ
capital Polotsk ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
currency grivna ⓘ
dissolved 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
trade along the Dvina River ⓘ
ethnicGroup East Slavs ⓘ
Krivichs ⓘ
followedBy Principality of Polotsk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Duchy of Polotsk

Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
follows tribal organization of the Krivichs ⓘ
hasCulture East Slavic culture ⓘ
Orthodox Christian culture ⓘ
hasPart Drutsk ⓘ
Lukoml ⓘ
Minsk ⓘ
Polotsk ⓘ
Vitebsk ⓘ
historicalRegion Baltic Sea coastal states ⓘ
surface form: Baltic region

Belarus ⓘ
inception 10th century ⓘ
circa 9th century ⓘ
languageUsed Church Slavonic ⓘ
Old East Slavic ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Belarus ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Vitebsk Region ⓘ
locatedOn Western Dvina River ⓘ
notablePerson Bryachislav of Polotsk ⓘ
Euphrosyne of Polotsk ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk ⓘ
Rogvolod of Polotsk ⓘ
Vseslav of Polotsk ⓘ
partOf Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sharesBorderWith Novgorod Republic ⓘ
Principality of Kiev ⓘ
Pskov Republic ⓘ
surface form: Principality of Pskov

Principality of Smolensk ⓘ
Principality of Turov ⓘ
significantEvent Christianization of Polotsk ⓘ
incorporation into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
struggle for autonomy from Kiev ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Vitebsk → historicalRegion → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Principality of Polotsk → followedBy → Principality of Polotsk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Duchy of Polotsk
Principality of Volhynia → borderedBy → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Krivichs → associatedPolity → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk → countryOfCitizenship → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk → placeOfDeath → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk → associatedWith → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
Principality of Chernigov → borderedBy → Principality of Polotsk ⓘ
this entity surface form: Polotsk principality