According to legend, the swamplands of Polesia - the Pripet Marshes - were first settled long ago - as far back as the 9th Century. Once largely part of the Kievan Rus, authority of the region fell apart in its collapse in 1240 or so, when much of the area was sacked by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan. Afterwards, it came under the influence of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, though remained independent.
| Attributes | Values |
|---|
| rdfs:label
| |
| rdfs:comment
| - According to legend, the swamplands of Polesia - the Pripet Marshes - were first settled long ago - as far back as the 9th Century. Once largely part of the Kievan Rus, authority of the region fell apart in its collapse in 1240 or so, when much of the area was sacked by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan. Afterwards, it came under the influence of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, though remained independent.
|
| Leader
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| city largest
| |
| city other
| |
| dbkwik:alt-history...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
| dbkwik:althistory/...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
| leader1 name
| |
| Timeline
| |
| map caption
| |
| Name en
| |
| Name
| |
| Language
| |
| Currency
| |
| Seal
| - Coat of Arms of Polesia .png
|
| Population
| |
| Area
| |
| otl
| - Parts of Kiev and Zhytomyr Oblasts of the Ukraine
|
| Capital
| |
| leader2 name
| |
| Flag
| |
| abstract
| - According to legend, the swamplands of Polesia - the Pripet Marshes - were first settled long ago - as far back as the 9th Century. Once largely part of the Kievan Rus, authority of the region fell apart in its collapse in 1240 or so, when much of the area was sacked by the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan. Afterwards, it came under the influence of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, though remained independent. In 1320 the eastern portions of the region were captured by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the western parts were occupied by Poland. After the Union of Lublin, the area was incorporated into the Crown of the Polish Kingdom. With the Second Partition of Poland in 1793, much of it passed to Imperial Russia. During a brief period of Ukrainian independence the city was for a few weeks in 1918 the national capital. From 1920 onwards the region was under Soviet rule. During most of the year, the marshes in eastern Polesia are virtually impassable to major military forces, thus influencing strategic planning of all military operations in the region. The few roads that traverse the region are narrow and largely unimproved, to boot. Extensive fighting occurred here during the First World War between Austria-Hungary and Russia. During World War II the territory came for three years under Nazi German occupation and held Heinrich Himmler's Ukrainian headquarters - the area became a laboratory for Himmler's resettlement activists. The marshes in the area divided the central and southern theaters of operation on the Eastern Front during World War II, and served as a hideout for Soviet and Polish partisans, who were such a thorn in the side of Germany that plans were made to drain them.
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)