Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal
| Grand Principality of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal Нижегородско-Суздальское великое княжество Nizhegorodsko-Suzdalskoye velikoye knyazhestvo | |||||||||
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| 1341–1425 | |||||||||
| Capital | Nizhny Novgorod | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Russian | ||||||||
| Religion | Russian Orthodoxy | ||||||||
| Grand Duke | |||||||||
• 1341–1355 | Konstantin of Suzdal (first) | ||||||||
| boyar | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1341 | ||||||||
| 1425 | |||||||||
| Currency | ruble, denga | ||||||||
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The Grand Duchy of Nizhny Novgorod-Suzdal was an East Slavic principality formed in 1341. Its main towns were Nizhny Novgorod, Suzdal, Gorokhovets, Gorodets, and Kurmysh.[1] Since 1350 Nizhny Novgorod has been the seat of the principality.
References
- ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1976), vol. 25, p. 57
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