Russia
This vast region of Eurasia has been home to countless peoples and nations. This page is devoted to the Great
Principalities located within current Russian territory.
Presently this covers: Azov, Beloozero, Bryansk, Dmitrov, Gorodets-Meshcherskiy, Gorodets-Radilov, Kasimov, Kazan (incl. the Volga Bulgars), Kursk, Ladoga, the Moscow Patriarchate, Murom, Muscovy, Nizhny-Novgorod, Novgorod (the Great), Pskov, Riazan (new), Riazan (old), Rostov, Rostov-Borissoglebsk, Rostov-Ustretensk, Russia (a general survey), Smolensk, Suzdal, Tver, Viatka, Vladimir, and Yaroslavl.
AZOV
A town in the delta of the Don River, a short distance from the eastern end of the Sea of Azov, and about 15 miles (25 km.) southwest of Rostov. Azov is one of the oldest towns within Russian territory; it was founded by Greek colonists in the 6th century BCE. The town has lost most of it''s purpose to newer Rostov as a result of the gradual silting of the channel.
To the Cimmerians..........................c. 2000-c. 700
To the Scythians............................c. 700-c. 575
Miletian
colony of Tanais...................c. 575-300''s
To the Bosporan Kingdom..................300''s BCE-330 CE
Horathos Sandarsion (archon).......late 100''s-early 200''s CE
To the Goths................................c. 330-380
To the Huns (Utigur from 453)..................380-c. 550
To the Avars................................c. 550-c. 575
To the Utigur Huns..........................c. 575-c. 600
To the Bulgars..............................c. 600-c. 660
To the Khazars..............................c. 660-c. 970
To the Pechenegs............................c. 970-1079
To Kiev.......................................1079-1081
To the Cumans.................................1081-1239
Disputed between Trebizond and Golden Horde...1239-1316
Genoese Colony of Tana........................1316-1471
To the Ottoman Empire.........................1471-1696
To Russia (City of Azov)......................1696-1721
To the Ottoman Turks..........................1721-1739
To Russia (Soviet Union 1922-91)..............1739-1941
To Germany....................................1941-1944
To the Soviet Union...........................1944-1991
To the Russian Federation.....................1991-