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Andrei Bogolyubsky Sacks Kiev
In 1169 Andrei Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal allied with multiple princes to capture and sack Kiev, shifting the political center of Rus' northeast …
Timeline
- c. 1168–1169Along the route from Vladimir to Kiev · Rus'Andrei used the pretext that the reigning Grand Prince Mstislav harmed his interests to call on kinsmen and allied princes to take the field. He himself remained in the northeast, with commanders and brothers leading at the front, showing that Vladimir could now intervene in Dnieper politics from afar.
- 1169Kiev · Middle DnieperAfter breaching Kiev's defenses the coalition plundered for two days, damaging churches, monasteries, and citizens' property; the chronicles stressed its cruelty as worse than earlier Rus' civil wars. Mstislav abandoned the city, and Kiev's symbolic capital as "mother of the Rus' cities" was severely damaged.
- 1169Vladimir · Vladimir-SuzdalAndrei did not move into Kiev according to old custom, but appointed his brother Gleb Yuryevich as Prince of Kiev and returned to Vladimir to continue building his palace and churches. For the first time the supreme Rus' position and the old capital were clearly separated, and the political geography turned to the northeast.
Sources
- Andrew I https://www.britannica.com/biography/Andrew-I-prince-of-Rostov-and-Suzdal
- The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200–1304 — John Fennell (1983)
- Ипатьевская летопись (1908)