Karamzin, History of the Russian State

Karamzin, History of the Russian State: a Chronicle / record source. Covers AD 882 – 1611, with 137 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.

TypeChronicle / record
ViewpointInsider account
Years coveredAD 882 – 1611
Events137 events, 102 placed on the map
AuthorНиколай Михайлович Карамзин
Original titleИстория государства Российского

Regions: Eastern Europe & Russia 135 · West Asia 2

Events

YearPlaceEventPassage
AD 882LiubechOleg, leaving Smolensk in the charge of a boyar, entered the land of the Severians and took Liubech, an old town on the bank of the Dnieper.제1권 V장
AD 883Oleg defeated the Drevlians, who met him in the forest by the Pripyat river. (The place is a river and forest, so it could not be marked with a point.)제1권 V장
AD 884KyivWhile Oleg's army was on the banks of the Dniester and the Bug, a camp of Hungarian nomads (Ugrians) appeared before the walls of the new capital, Kyiv.제1권 V장
AD 911IstanbulTo secure peace with Greece, Oleg sent envoys to Tsargrad (Constantinople), who concluded a treaty with the empire.제1권 V장
AD 941IstanbulKaramzin notes that the account of Igor's Greek campaign (941) comes not only from the Byzantine sagas but also from the Arab al-Makin and from Liutprand, bishop of Cremona.제1권 VI장
AD 944Clauses of the Igor–Greek treaty: a killing between Christians and Rus is punished by retaliation; the rest is as in Article 3 of the earlier treaty.제1권 VI장
AD 945The Drevlians who had killed Igor, looking down on the young Svyatoslav, aimed at ruling Kyiv and told their prince Mal to marry the widow Olga.제1권 VII장
AD 946KyivStripping away the legend, Karamzin concludes that the only fact is that Olga had the Drevlian envoys killed in Kyiv.제1권 VII장
AD 968KyivThe freed Kyivans sent a messenger to Svyatoslav protesting that he was giving up his own land to seek another's (right after the Pecheneg siege).제1권 VII장
AD 970Svyatoslav sent his son Vladimir and Dobrynya to Novgorod and at once set out for Bulgaria to begin a second conquest (the Bulgarian city name is unknown).제1권 VII장
AD 971According to a Greek saga, Kalokir fled to report that the Bulgarian capital (Pereyaslavets) was besieged.제1권 VII장
AD 985Vladimir made peace with the Bulgars, and the Bulgars promised friendship by oath.제1권 IX장
AD 988KyivTaught by the archbishop of Kherson, Vladimir hurried back to Kyiv, eager to shed the light of baptism on his people.제1권 IX장
AD 1030TartuIn 1030 Yaroslav again conquered the Chud and founded Yuryev (today Tartu).제2권 II장
AD 1039KyivAccording to Nestor, Metropolitan Feopempt re-consecrated in 1039 the Church of the Mother of God built by Vladimir.제2권 II장
AD 1078SmolenskThe prince of Polotsk besieged and burned Smolensk; Vladimir rushed there with Chernigov cavalry but saw only smoking ashes.제2권 V장
AD 1093Volodymyr-VolynskyiDavid Igorevich seized Cherven and made a surprise siege of Vladimir (Volhynia); the grand prince's son Mstislav held out.제2권 VI장
AD 1101PolotskVseslav, prince of Polotsk and longtime enemy of Yaroslav's house, died in 1101, and his youngest son David went over to the allied camp.제2권 VI장
AD 1113Vladimir sent the governor Ioann Voitishich to the Danube, either to avenge his son-in-law's murder or to keep the city that Leo, holding his grandson Basil's share, had taken.제2권 VII장
AD 1114Staraya LadogaIn 1114 Mstislav widened the walls of Novgorod, and the merchant Pavel began building a stone fortress at Staraya Ladoga.제2권 VII장
AD 1125KyivVladimir Monomakh died on 19 May 1125 at age 73, after 13 years of rule from the capital.제2권 VII장
AD 1153Novhorod-SiverskyiIn late autumn Yaroslav, waiting for winter, besieged Novgorod-Seversky and made peace with Svyatoslav Olgovich.제2권 XII장
AD 1154KyivOn news of the grand prince's death, Yaroslav of Chernigov tried to come to Kyiv by boat to pay his respects, but Vyacheslav and the boyars were wary of his intentions.제2권 XIII장
AD 1157KyivThe Kyivans, who hated the dead grand prince (Georgy), sent word to their rival Yaroslav Davydovich to come and rule in peace.제2권 XV장
AD 1159MinskRogvolod of Polotsk, seeking the protection of the Kyiv grand prince, besieged Minsk; six weeks later a peace treaty freed the Vasilkovich brothers.제2권 XVI장
AD 1159Staraya LadogaSwedish troops, having taken Finland, came by boat to the mouth of the Volkhov and aimed at Ladoga, but the Novgorodians defeated them.제2권 XVI장
AD 1167Staraya RussaNovgorod's mayor Yakun forced Svyatoslav to leave Russa, and the prince, though with a large army, did not fight.제2권 XVII장
AD 1167ToropetsThe young prince, to avenge himself, laid waste part of the Polotsk land, burned Toropets in the Smolensk region, and carried off its inhabitants.제2권 XVII장
AD 1176PskovOn news that the Estonians had besieged Pskov in 1176, the prince gathered 20,000 troops within a few days and set out to fight.제3권 III장
AD 1176KolomnaVsevolod captured Gleb, son of Svyatoslav, at Kolomna, broke Roman's vanguard on the bank of the Oka, took Borisov and besieged Ryazan.제3권 III장
AD 1200IkšķilePrince Vladimir declared war on Livonia and besieged Ikškile, but in 1200 he never took Kirholm.제3권 III장
AD 1219Staraya RussaThe mayor of Russa fought the Lithuanians and lost; the Lithuanian army seized the horses and went home.제3권 VI장
AD 1224Karamzin describes how the Mongol army took 90 cities inside the Great Wall and broke a great Chinese army (an event outside Rus).제3권 VIII장
AD 1224Mstislav camped on the left bank of the Kalka river, putting in front the Polovtsy of Yarun and the Rus troops of Daniil (Battle of Kalka; Karamzin dates it 1224).제3권 VIII장
AD 1227Genghis Khan fully subdued the Tangut, returned, died in 1227, and named his successor.제3권 VIII장
AD 1229In 1229, on the bank of the Yaik, the Polovtsy and others pursued by the Mongols fled to Bulgaria (the Volga).제3권 VIII장
AD 1232SmolenskSvyatoslav, leading Polotsk troops, took Smolensk in 1232 and killed its citizens without mercy.제3권 VIII장
AD 1233IzborskRebel exiles went to Yaroslav of Odenpe and, with the help of the Livonian Order, seized Izborsk.제3권 VIII장
AD 1237BolgarBatu burned the capital of Bolgar in the autumn of 1237 (described as reduced to a handful of ash).제3권 VIII장
AD 1239ChernihivAfter a long battle of uncertain outcome, the Tatars burned Chernigov, then withdrew through Glukhov to rest on the Don, and freed the captive bishop Porfiry.제4권 I장
AD 1252Pereslavl’-ZalesskiyThe Tatar commanders Nevryuy and others caught up with Prince Andrei near Pereyaslavl on 24 July 1252 and defeated him.제4권 II장
AD 1266PskovDovmont, a kinsman of Mindaugas, left his homeland, was baptized in Pskov and gained great prestige.제4권 III장
AD 1269PskovThe master of the Livonian Order entered Pskov territory with ships and cavalry, burned Izborsk and besieged Pskov.제4권 III장
AD 1276The Rus princes conquered and burned Dedyakov, an Alan city in southern Dagestan, took plunder and captives, and won the favor of the Khan. (No coordinates were guessed.)제4권 V장
AD 1280The 1280 battle of Leo Danilovich of Galicia against the Poles is described, citing Długosz.제4권 V장
AD 1287KrakówIn 1287, when Nogai and Telebuga appeared on the Vistula with a new army, Prince Leszek fled from Kraków.제4권 V장
AD 1299PskovIn 1299 the Livonian Order suddenly besieged Pskov and plundered the monastery.제4권 VI장
AD 1314Staraya LadogaIn 1314 Swedish troops burned Ladoga; the Karelians admitted the Swedes into Kexholm and many Rus were killed.제4권 VII장
AD 1322VyborgGeorge attacked Vyborg with six siege guns from 12 August to 11 September, without success.제4권 VIII장
AD 1337VyborgIn 1337 Sweden broke the peace, sheltered the rebel Karelians in Vyborg and helped kill merchants of Ladoga and Novgorod.제4권 IX장
AD 1341MozhayskOlgerd, prince of Vitebsk (son of Gediminas), besieged Mozhaysk just as Simeon had disbanded his army.제4권 X장
AD 1343TallinnIn 1343 an uprising across Estonia killed the Danes and Germans, besieged Reval (Tallinn) and took the fortress of Ezel.제4권 X장
AD 1346PorkhovIn 1346 Olgerd entered the Shelon region, conquered the banks of the Ocha and Luga, and received 300 rubles at Porkhov.제4권 X장
AD 1347Velikiy NovgorodOlgerd, content with Novgorod's submission, agreed to peace in 1347 and left to fight the German Order.제4권 X장
AD 1353Velikiy NovgorodIn 1353 citizens of the Slavno district abandoned the mayor Andreyan, armed themselves, and rushed to Yaroslav's court, driving out other citizens.제4권 XI장
AD 1359MscislauWhen Ioann Alexandrovich, prince of Smolensk, died, he (the subject is not named in the sentence) seized Mstislavl and Rzhev.제4권 XII장
AD 1363In 1363 he defeated the three Mongol hordes at Sinie Vody (Podolia) and at the mouth of the Dnieper, pursued them to Tavrida, and devastated Kherson (the subject is not named in the sentence).제5권 I장
AD 1367MoscowDoubting the reliability of wooden defenses, the grand prince, with his brother Vladimir Andreevich and others, decided to rebuild Moscow's defenses in stone.제5권 I장
AD 1370MoscowLithuanian troops ravaged the surroundings for eight days and burned the suburbs, but could not take the Kremlin; Dmitry commanded the defense.제5권 I장
AD 1372DmitrovKestutis burned the suburbs and lifted the siege to join Mikhail's forces; Mikhail devastated the villages around Dmitrov.제5권 I장
AD 1372The Tver troops decided the fight by their numbers and courage, and the Novgorod governor Alexander Abakumovich fell at the first clash.제5권 I장
AD 1376KazanThe khan founded Kazan (meaning 'cauldron, golden bottom') and settled Bulgars, Cheremis and others there.제5권 I장
AD 1377Olgerd died in 1377; at his wife's urging he became a schema monk and received the baptismal name Alexander.제5권 I장
AD 1378Ryazan’Enraged at the news that his army had been wiped out, Mamai gathered a new army and rushed to Ryazan, and the prince fled.제5권 I장
AD 1380The grand prince, as a hero finishing the victory, had the trumpet sound the charge under a black banner over the bodies (after the Kulikovo field).제5권 I장
AD 1382MoscowThe fight lasted three days; the enemy, lacking siege weapons, tried to take the city by force but suffered greater losses, as Karamzin describes (the city name is inferred from context).제5권 I장
AD 1399Nizhniy NovgorodPrince Yeyatak and Simeon attacked Nizhny and in 1399 took it by trickery, but with barely a thousand men they could not hold it.제5권 II장
AD 1402PskovIn 1402 the German Order concluded a treaty with Vitovt and Svidrigailo, aiming to annex Pskov.제5권 II장
AD 1416KyivIn 1416 Lithuania was ravaged; Kiev's castle was not taken, but churches such as the Pechersk monastery were plundered and burned.제5권 II장
AD 1422Golub-DobrzyńIn 1422, during the siege of Golub (Kulm), troops from Moscow and Tver joined on Vitovt's side.제5권 II장
AD 1433On 25 April 1433, at the Klyazma river 20 versts from Moscow, the grand prince met the enemy, saw their strength and fled. (No coordinates for the river town.)제5권 III장
AD 1434Yuri gathered troops at Beloozero and, with Vatkin and his three sons, won a decisive victory at the boundary of Rostov (the place is a regional description, presumed).제5권 III장
AD 1434Yuri died suddenly on 6 June 1434, and in his will he divided among his sons only the hereditary cities.제5권 III장
AD 1437BelëvMahmet, chased by his brother Kichik, fled to Rus in 1437 and took Belev, a Lithuanian territory.제5권 III장
AD 1442Velikiy NovgorodIn 1442 the people of Novgorod imprisoned all German merchants, while Pskov traded peacefully with the Hanseatic League.제5권 III장
AD 1446Velikiy UstyugIn 1446 seven hundred Tatars under Mamutek besieged Ustyug and took a ransom in furs, but on their way back they drowned in the Vetluga river.제5권 III장
AD 1467KazanLuno ran straight to the tsar's capital and at dawn landed from the boats to make a surprise attack on the suburbs.제6권 I장
AD 1471The grand prince's force pursued for 12 versts, killed 12,000 and took 1,700 prisoners, among them two city mayors (the battle of Shelon; the place is not named in the sentence).제6권 I장
AD 1472IskorPrince Fyodor scattered the enemy, captured their commanders, and took and burned small towns such as Iskor.제6권 I장
AD 1480The people of Pskov, together with the grand prince's relief force, drove out the enemy and burned Koster on the Embach river.제6권 IV장
AD 1480PskovThe German army burned the small town of Kovyli, killing about 4,000 residents, and on 20 August 1480 besieged Pskov.제6권 IV장
AD 1483In 1483 the Moscow army fought on the bank of the Irtysh, where Karamzin says the fortress of Sibir and Prince Lyatyk were already present.제9권 VI장
AD 1506KazanThe exhausted Rus army, resting, drowned itself in food and drink in its tents and did not attack Kazan, which would have surrendered in five days.제7권 I장
AD 1510Ryazan’The khan's son Burnash Girey approached Ryazan castle and took part of the outer wall, but could not get the town.제7권 II장
AD 1512BelëvIn May 1512 the khan's sons invaded the Belev and Odoev regions on a large scale and devastated them.제7권 II장
AD 1517KazanAfter the death of Mahmet Amin, the Crimean khan intervened deeply, fearing that the Kazan princes would enthrone a man from Astrakhan as king.제7권 II장
AD 1518PolotskIn 1518 the armies of Moscow, Novgorod and Pskov besieged Polotsk but withdrew from hunger, and many soldiers drowned.제7권 II장
AD 1519VilniusIn August 1519 Shuisky (of Smolensk), Gorbaty (of Pskov) and Kurbsky (of Staraya Russa) marched on Vilnius, plundering as they went.제7권 II장
AD 1521Ryazan’When Mahmet Girey came to Moscow, Ryazan prince Ioann fled to Lithuania amid the confusion, and the Ryazan principality was absorbed by Moscow.제7권 III장
AD 1524KazanIn spring 1524 a much larger army set out, determined to conquer Kazan.제7권 III장
AD 1533MaladziečnaThe Moscow governors advanced with fire and sword as far as Maladziechna and joined the Novgorod and Pskov forces.제8권 I장
AD 1536LyskovoThe governor of Nizhny met the Tatars at Lyskovo, but, unwilling to fight each other, they dispersed in the night.제8권 I장
AD 1537The plunderers defeated the governors Saburov and Zasekin-Pestry, and Zasekin fell in battle.제8권 I장
AD 1540Safa Girey fled too quickly for the Moscow governors to catch him; a fruitless campaign.제8권 II장
AD 1541PronskThe khan burned his siege towers and withdrew from Pronsk on 6 August; he was pursued to the Don, and Borotynsky defeated the emigrant princes.제8권 II장
AD 1542MoscowThe boyars burst into the grand prince's room and exiled the archbishop to Kirillov Monastery (Beloozero) (Moscow inferred from context).제8권 II장
AD 1542The Moscow governor struck the Crimean army on the famous Kulikovo field and pursued it to the Meca river (the field is not a city).제8권 II장
AD 1544KazanA surprise attack by the Rus led the Kazan king to suspect that the nobles had secretly invited them; he killed some and drove out others.제8권 II장
AD 1547PskovIn spring 1547 the citizens of Pskov complained to the new tsar about the abuses of the governor Turuntai-Pronsky.제8권 III장
AD 1547MoscowThe gunpowder tower exploded, part of the walls collapsed into the river, and on 20 April the whole street across the Yauza burned.제8권 III장
AD 1548KazanThis time the young tsar himself came under the walls of Kazan, the rebel capital, before which only governors had been sent before.제8권 III장
AD 1551Koshak and 45 of his kinsmen were captured and executed in Moscow, and the rest were wiped out on the bank of the Vyatka river.제8권 III장
AD 1553KazanOn the Volga, 74 men who had killed merchants were executed, but Votyaks and Cheremis soon rose in revolt (Kazan here is regional context).제8권 V장
AD 1556AstrakhanThe tsar replied that he does not seek friendship, and announced the capture of Astrakhan.제8권 V장
AD 1556KivenThe governors and the Astrakhan prince entered Finland and occupied what the Swedes had left, Kiven.제8권 V장
AD 1557The khan fought Sheremetev and lost many of his wagon troops and part of his army.제8권 V장
AD 1558RakvereThe governors stayed three days before the fortress, then went to the Gulf of Finland, defeated the Germans near Bezenberg and burned suburbs such as Falkenau.제8권 V장
AD 1558NarvaNews of a new German betrayal reached Moscow at nearly the same time as the unexpected, happy news that Narva had been taken by the Rus army.제8권 V장
AD 1560TartuIn 1560 the tsar sent 60,000 troops, 40 siege guns and 50 field guns to Dorpat (Tartu).제9권 I장
AD 1560TartuKurbsky struck back at the Order master's camp at dawn, seized the baggage carts, and brought 170 prisoners to Dorpat (the city is inferred from context).제8권 V장
AD 1563MoscowThe envoy of Sigismund came to Moscow on 5 December 1563 and demanded the return of Novgorod, Pskov and others.제9권 II장
AD 1569FeodosiyaIn spring 1569 Selim sent 15,000 spahis and 2,000 janissaries to Kafa; Pasha Kasim went to the point of the Don-Volga canal.제9권 II장
AD 1569MoscowFearing the khan's renewed attack, they abolished the suburbs of Moscow, moved merchants and citizens inside the walls, and forbade tall buildings.제9권 III장
AD 1571MoscowMoscow, burned by the khan in 1571, remained in ruins until Ivan's death.제9권 VII장
AD 1572RakvereSwedish and Scottish mercenaries tried to storm Wesenberg and failed; Rus troops devastated the area around Reval and took Jerna at a cost of 7,000 lives.제9권 IV장
AD 1577Devlet Girey died on 29 June 1577, and his son Mahmet sent a friendly letter to Ivan while invading Lithuania.제9권 V장
AD 1577NarvaIn 1577 a Swedish admiral came to Narva by ship, burned the wooden walls and killed or captured Rus people.제9권 V장
AD 1581AbalakYermak caught up with the enemy near Abalak, defeated them, and gathered the dead and buried them with due honors.제9권 VI장
AD 1581In 1581 the Siberian Tatars and Ostyaks rebelled, killed the Rus scouting ataman Yakov Mikhailov, and joined Karacha.제9권 VI장
AD 1581Defeating the prince Begish and taking his castle, he conquered even Isim (the subject's name does not appear in the sentence).제9권 VI장
AD 1585Saidet and Murat returned with 15,000 Nogais, deposed their uncle Islam Girey, and seized his property and wives.제10권 II장
AD 1586MoscowIn 1586 work began to enclose the great posad with a wall to build the Belyy Gorod (the tsar's fortress), starting at the Tver gate, by the architect Konon Fyodorov.제10권 II장
AD 1587In the name of the Polish Diet, the boyars Stepan Godunov and Troyekurov were stopped on 12 July 1587 at Okunev village, 15 versts before Warsaw.제10권 II장
AD 1590MoscowIn October 1590 Sigismund's envoys Radomski and Voina arrived at Moscow to negotiate peace and an alliance.제10권 II장
AD 1591GdovIn summer 1591, as the khan marched on Moscow, Swedish troops near Gdov defeated a Rus detachment and captured the governor Dolgorukov.제10권 II장
AD 1598MoscowTo defend the capital, they set governors for the walls and towers and leaders for the sorties, and on 10 May held a council of measures at the village of Kuzminskoe (preparations against a siege).제11권 I장
AD 1598MoscowBoris's coronation moved people more than any coronation, and at the gate Mstislavsky greeted him by scattering gold.제11권 I장
AD 1605MoscowThe papal legate Lagoni congratulated the false Dmitry on his throne with a splendid letter.제11권 IV장
AD 1606KalugaThe hope of taking Kaluga by sword and hunger (Bolotnikov's siege), while Borotynsky of Aleksin and Khilkov of Kashira blocked the safety of Moscow.제12권 I장
AD 1607BryanskThe false Dmitry besieged Bryansk, but the garrison held out, eating even its horses, and he could not take it.제12권 II장
AD 1608PskovOsinin went from Novgorod to the rebellious Pskov, aiming to break the enemy in the open field and take the castle.제12권 III장
AD 1608DmitrovThe Rus troops won a tiring battle with the Swedes and gained banners, guns and Dmitrov castle, and pursued them.제12권 III장
AD 1610BelyyThe hetman marched on Belyy, which was held by Khovansky and Khorn; they avoided battle and tried to join the side of Dmitry Shuisky.제12권 IV장
AD 1610MoscowAt the Danilov monastery, Lyapunov declared that Shuisky had been deposed.제12권 IV장
AD 1611MoscowIn the battle of 6 April 1611 Lyapunov gained the name of a lion-like general, and the besieged Poles were astonished at the number and command of the Rus troops.제12권 V장
AD 1611MoscowGosiewski's report of his burning of Moscow and the Rus advance reached Sigismund along with the spoils.제12권 V장
AD 1611Velikiy NovgorodOn entering the fortress the Swedish troops found many cannons but few munitions and provisions, and only 500 rubles in the treasury, so De la Gardie was disappointed (occupation of Novgorod; inferred from context).제12권 V장

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