Principality of Kiev
The inner Principality of Kiev (Old East Slavic: Киевское кънѧжьство, romanized: Kievskoe kŭnęzhĭstvo, Russian: Киевское княжество, romanized: Kiyevskoye kniazhestvo, Ukrainian: Київське князівство, romanized: Kyivske kniazivstvo) was a medieval East Slavic state, situated in central regions of modern Ukraine around the city of Kiev.
Inner Principality of Kiev | |||||||||
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| 1132–1471 | |||||||||
Left: Coin issued by Prince Vladimir Olgerdovich of Kiev (1388–1392)
Right: Coin of unknown prince with Saint Michael motif, the common figure of various Kievan coins | |||||||||
Rus' principalities in 1237, Kiev in light blue | |||||||||
| Status | Part of the Grand Principality of Vladimir (1243–1271) Part of the Kingdom of Rus' (1271–1301) Vassal of the Golden Horde (1301–1362) Part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1362–1471) | ||||||||
| Capital | Kiev | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1132 | ||||||||
• destruction of Kiev by Batu Khan | 1240 | ||||||||
• death of Semen Olelkovich | 1471 | ||||||||
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The principality was formed during the process of political fragmentation of the Kievan Rus' in the early 12th century. As a result of that process, the effective rule of the Grand Princes of Kiev was gradually reduced to central regions of Kievan Rus' (around its capital city Kiev), thus forming a reduced princely domain, known as the inner Principality of Kiev. It existed as a polity until the middle of the 14th century.