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The Principality of Ryazan (Russian: Рязанское княжество), later known as the Grand Principality of Ryazan (Russian: Великое княжество Рязанское), was a principality from 1129 to 1521. [1] Its capital was the city of Ryazan, now known as Old Ryazan, which was destroyed in 1237 during the Mongol ...
In 1514 Ivan V of Ryazan started to govern on his own. [1] The Moscow viceroys and garrisons left his domains. [1] Ivan V of Ryazan stopped participating in campaigns of Vasily III of Moscow, seeking support from the boyars who desired independence for the Duchy of Ryazan. [1] Thus, he turned to the Crimean Khanate in order to find support ...
Fyodor Olgovich was born in around 1360, the son of Oleg Ivanovich, the grand prince of Ryazan by his first wife, possibly named Vassa Anastasia Maria Ulyanaz. He was brought up within the court of his father during a period of transition as the principality moved from Slavic paganism to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ryazan (Russian: Рязань, IPA: [rʲɪˈzanʲ] ⓘ; also Riazan) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia.The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, 196 km (122 mi) southeast of Moscow.
The Mongols defeated the vanguard of the Ryazan army at the Voronezh River [2] and on December 16, [3] 1237 besieged the capital of the principality (this site is now known as Old Ryazan, Staraya Ryazan, and is situated some 50 km from the modern city of Ryazan). [1] The townspeople repelled the first Mongol attacks.
Upon their father's death in 1456, eight-year-old Vasily Ivanovich and his sister Feodosiya were transferred under the care of the Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow, who would place his namestniks in Ryazan to rule over the principality in the absence of the rightful heirs. Vasily II conducted all of Ryazan's internal and external affairs on ...
As a border principality, Ryazan became one of the first Rus' polities conquered by Batu Khan (a military leader of the Mongol forces) who led a united army of various nomadic steppe peoples. Russian texts referred to the invaders as " tatars " (татаре [ citation needed ] - standard modern Russian: татары).
In 2004 during construction works at Solotchinsky monastery (Solotchino near Ryazan), there was discovered a large memorial stone dated by April 23, 1543, for 'the brother-in-law of Oleg Ivanovich of Ryazan, Ivan Miroslavich Skhorosmir, in monkhood schemamonk Josef', saying that his body was replaced under request from his relatives.