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princes from Rurik on are linked fathers and sons so one can move through the
generations.
Here we have the descendents of Konstantin Yaroslavich, who held the appanage
principality of Galich - Dmitrov, given to him out of the Vladimir-Suzdal lands
after 1238, by his father, Yaroslav II
Vsyevolodovich, after the death of Yuri II
Vsyevolodovich. Initially the principality consisted of the lands along the
basin of the Galich lake and the town of Dmitrov and related volosts. It should
not be confused with Galich in far western Galicia. This Galich is in the Volga
River area. Then, in the mid 1300's a number of towns were added to the
territory. In the 1330's the Galich principality began to decline. With the
descendents of David Konstantinovich who died in
1280, the town of Dmitrov became an independent udel. About 1363
Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoi sent his own namestnik
(governor) there and took Galich from Dmitrii Ivanovich and made it part of
Moscow territory. In his will, Dmitrii Donskoi made it back into a udel and
gave it along with Zvenigorod and Ruza to his son, Yuri
Dmitriyevich. But in 1350 when Dmitrii Shemyaka
fled to Novgorod during the prolonged war with Vasilii II, Galich was finished. From then on the Moscow
government sometimes gave Galich as a 'kormlenie" that is feeding, to an
official, but never with full governing powers. The Dmitrov principality was
separated from Galich and given to Boris Davidovich. But in 1363 it was taken
by Dmitrii Donskoi along with the rest. In 1389 most likely Vladimir Ivanovich
Serpukhov ruled Dmitrov. Then Dmitrii' Donskoi's son, Peter had it.
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