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Grand Principality of Ryazan | |||||||||
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| 1129–1521 | |||||||||
 Princely insignia (tamga) of the Grand Principality of Ryazan. From a coin of Prince of Ryazan Fyodor Olgovich (1402–1417) | |||||||||
 Principality of Ryazanc. 1350 | |||||||||
| Status | Principality | ||||||||
| Capital | Ryazan | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodoxy | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Legislature | Veche | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1129 | ||||||||
• Incorporation intoMuscovy | 1521 | ||||||||
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ThePrincipality of Ryazan, later known as theGrand Principality of Ryazan, was aprincipality from 1129 to 1521.[1] Its capital was the city ofRyazan, now known as Old Ryazan, which wasdestroyed in 1237 during theMongol invasions.[2] The capital was moved to Pereyaslavl-Ryazansky, later renamed Ryazan.
Initially a part of thePrincipality of Murom, it fully split off from thePrincipality of Chernigov by 1129 asMurom-Ryazan.[3] Murom was taken by Moscow in 1392,[4] while Ryazan later became dependent on Moscow and was formally taken over byVasili in 1521,[3] and incorporated into the centralized Russian state.[5] It maintained its formal independence longer than any other Russian principality.[4]
Initially a part of thePrincipality of Chernigov, Murom-Ryazan became a separate principality under the reign of Yaroslav Sviatoslavich after he was ousted fromChernigov byVsevolod Olgovich, which remained in possession of his descendants after he died in 1129.[3]
The political centre of the principality was later moved to Ryazan.[citation needed] By the end of the 12th century, the principality waged wars with the neighbouringGrand Duchy of Vladimir. In the course of that stand-off, the city of Ryazan was burned twice in a span of twenty years from 1186 to 1208. In 1217, there was a culmination point in the history of Ryazan when during the civil war inside the Duchy six leaders of the state were killed byGleb Vladimirovich who later defected to theCumans. Around that time the duchy came under significant influence of Vladimir-Suzdal which was a factor in the fight of Ryazan to resume its sovereignty. In 1217,Gleb Vladimirovich with the support ofCumans tried to take Ryazan back out of the influence of the neighboring northern principality of Vladimir, but he was defeated by another Ryazan prince Ingvar Igorevich who in turn became a sole ruler of the state.
In December 1237, the duchy became the first of all other former states ofKievan Rus' to suffer from theMongol invasion. The duchy was completely overrun, with almost the whole princely family killed, the capital destroyed and later moved to the present-day location ofRyazan, located 40 miles north from the original site of the capital today known as Ryazan Staraya (Old Ryazan). In 1238, some of the armed forces of Ryazan withdrew to unite with the Vladimir-Suzdal army and meet with the forces ofBatu Khan nearKolomna.
In 1301 PrinceDaniel of Moscow took Ryazan due to theboyars' betrayal and imprisoned PrinceKonstantin Romanovich [ru]. In 1305 Daniel's son PrinceYury of Moscow ordered his death. The two next successors of Konstantin were killed by theGolden Horde. In 1371, the Muscovites defeated princeOleg II Ivanovich of Ryazan in theBattle of Skornishchevo. He was exiled for six months before returning to his throne. In 1380, Oleg II did not take part in theBattle of Kulikovo, although he was an ally ofMamai.
During almost all its history, the Ryazan Principality conflicted with its provincialPronsk Principality until Ryazan completely annexed Pronsk in 1483 during the regency ofAnna of Ryazan.
In 1520, Grand PrinceVasili III of Russia captured and imprisoned inMoscow the last Grand Prince of RyazanIvan V because of his relations with theCrimean KhanMehmed I Giray. In 1521, PrinceIvan Ivanovich fled into theGrand Duchy of Lithuania. After that, in 1521, the Ryazan Principality was merged with Muscovy.
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