The Principality of Polotsk was a medieval East Slavic principality centered on the town of Polotsk, in what is now Belarus, first recorded around 862 AD and formally absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by 1504. At its peak the principality stretched over large parts of present day northern and central Belarus and a smaller part of southeastern Latvia, encompassing major towns including Vitebsk, Minsk and Drutsk. It became a vassal of Lithuania around 1240 and was officially integrated into the Grand Duchy by 1307, though it continued to exist in some form until the early sixteenth century.
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Source Wikipedia: Principality of Polotsk
Source Wikipedia: Principality of Polotsk
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- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Monarchy, government type there.
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pagan Lithuanians began consolidating lands of the principality, and in 1240 Polotsk became a vassal of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It officially became part of Lithuania in 1307, though it retained some degree of local autonomy until the 1390s.
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In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Principality of Polotsk (obsolete spelling: Polock; ; ), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus', was a medieval principality. The
In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Principality of Polotsk (obsolete spelling: Polock; ; ), also known as the Duchy of Polotsk or Polotskian Rus', was a medieval principality. The
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