Olgovichi

The Principality of Chernigov (modern Chernihiv in northern Ukraine) was the main Olgovichi patrimony (hence the term "Olgovichi of Chernigov"{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|p=85}}), with the Principality of Novgorod-Seversk (modern Novhorod-Siverskyi) serving as the primary appanage. From 1054 to 1186, the Principality of Murom–Ryazan was subordinate to the Olgovichi of Chernigov; then it sought an independent existence between Chernigov and Suzdalia until Vsevolod the Big Nest destroyed and depopulated Ryazan in 1208.{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|pp=85, 120}}

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The Olgovichi frequently managed to put one of their clan members on the grand princely throne of Kiev (modern Kyiv), including Michael of Chernigov, who in the wake of the Mongol invasion was executed by Batu Khan in 1246 and later canonised as an Orthodox saint.{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|p=109}} There is some uncertainty regarding his descendants, who from the late 13th century appear to have expanded Olgovichi control to Bryansk, Kursk, and the Upper Oka Principalities (in the present-day Russian Federation). From 1301 to 1324, the Olgovichi reigned in Kiev again.{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|p=120}} In the 14th and 15th centuries, the Olgovichi principalities were gradually divided between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (where the clan was incorporated into the Ruthenian nobility) and the Principality of Moscow.{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|pp=138, 147}}

The creator of The Tale of Igor's Campaign criticised the founder of this family, Oleg Svyatoslavich (Gorislavich), for excessive lust for power and undermining the integrity of the Rus' state. The Olgovichi cooperated with the Polovtsian khans the most among all princely clans and fought with them against the rest of the Rus' princes.Kotlyar N. F. Udelnaya razplennost Rusi [Specific fragmentation of Rus'] // Olgovichi (73-81) / NAS of Ukraine. Institute of History of Ukraine. — Kyiv: Institute of History of Ukraine, 2013. — 270 p. (78 p.) (Russian) ISBN 978-966-02-6747-3

Slovenian–Canadian Slavistics researcher and priest Martin Dimnik (1941–2020) has published extensive studies on the Olgovichi.{{sfn|Raffensperger|Ostrowski|2023|p=109}}

{{Princely branches of Kiev 1019 to 1169}}

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