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sent his younger son, Yuri, as his lieutenant to rule the far north-eastern
area between the Oka and Yolga, the towns of Rostov and Suzdal.Yuri II Vladimirovich decided to raise his domain around
Suzdal-Rostov- then Vladimir into a major principality. He strove to rule Kyiv
also, but, after continual warfare with rivals, settled for doing so via
relatives. His house continued the line of Russian rulers into the future in
the north-east at Moscow, Tver, Suzdal, Rostov, Beloozero, Nizhnigorod and
other towns. When western and south-western Rus fell into the control of
Lithuania, Poland or Tatars, Yuri's domains became the center of the new
Russia. All these rulers came from the descendents of Vsyevolod III, either his son,
Konstantin, whose family held Rostov, Beloozero
and Yaroslavl, or his other son, Yaroslav II, whose
family eventually held Moscow, Suzdal, Nizhegorod, Tver and some lesser places;
or from Ivan, whose family held Starodub or from
SvyatoslavII, whose family held Yur'yev. The
remaining lines shown here died out. Yuri II was ruling as grand prince of
Vladimir in 1238 when the Tatar-Mongol invasion swept through Russia and he
with all his family was killed in battle. Please move
your cursor over the boxes to find which are linked directly to short
descriptions of the individuals. Then, all the individual princes are
linked to their fathers and sons so one may follow any line from Rurik to Fedor
Ivanovich.
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