Peresopnytsia
Peresopnytsia
Пересопниця | |
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Village | |
 Monument to Mykhailo Vasyliovych and Hryhorii | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Rivne Oblast |
| Raion | Rivne Raion |
| Hromada | Diadkovychi rural hromada |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 139 |
Peresopnytsia (Ukrainian: Пересопниця) is a small village of Rivne Raion in the Rivne Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Diadkovychi rural hromada and is located on Stubly River, a tributary of Horyn River.
In 11th–13th centuries it was one of two main cities of Horyn River basin. In the 12th century Peresopnytsia was a capital of the Peresopnytsia principality which was a regional principality of the Principality of Volhynia.
On 29 August 1561, in the Peresopnytsia Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Nativity, creation of the Peresopnytsia Gospel was finished, which is now a national relic of Ukraine.
Peresopnytsia princes
[edit]- 1147–1149 Viacheslav I of Kiev
- 1150–1150 Mstislav, son of Yuri Dolgorukiy
- 1150–1151 Andrey Bogolyubsky as prince of Peresopnytsia and Turov
- 1152–1154 Volodymyr, son of Andrei the Good
- 1155–1156 Mstislav II of Kiev
- ...
- 1180–1220 Mstislav the Mute, son of Yaroslav II of Kiev
- 1225–1229 Vasilko Romanovich
References
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External links
[edit]- Pryshchepa, B. Medieval Peresopnytsia in written and archaeological sources. Historical Volhynia portal
50°40′07″N 25°59′35″E / 50.66861°N 25.99306°E
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