Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Ryazan
drawn on the map 1453–1520
The later Grand Duchy of Ryazan persisted as a semi-independent buffer between Moscow, Lithuania, and the Tatars into the early 16th century. Increasingly a Muscovite client, it was finally annexed by Moscow in 1521 under Vasili III, when the last grand prince, Ivan Ivanovich, fled to Lithuania.
- Shown on the map
- 1453–1520
- Peak area
- 17k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
The later Grand Duchy of Ryazan persisted as a semi-independent buffer between Moscow, Lithuania, and the Tatars into the early 16th century. Increasingly a Muscovite client, it was finally annexed by Moscow in 1521 under Vasili III, when the last grand prince, Ivan Ivanovich, fled to Lithuania. The separate listing distinguishes the 13th-century principality from its late-medieval grand-ducal phase.
Common questions
- What was Ryazan?
- The later Grand Duchy of Ryazan persisted as a semi-independent buffer between Moscow, Lithuania, and the Tatars into the early 16th century. Increasingly a Muscovite client, it was finally annexed by Moscow in 1521 under Vasili III, when the last grand prince, Ivan Ivanovich, fled to Lithuania.
- When is Ryazan shown on the map?
- The border data draws Ryazan 1453–1520. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was Ryazan?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, Ryazan covered about 17,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Principality of Ryazan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Ryazan
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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