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Duchy of Podolia
Origins
Podolia, the steppe and forest land between the Southern Bug and the Dniester, was under the Golden Horde until Algirdas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated three Tatar princes at the Blue Waters around 1362. He gave the land to his nephews, the sons of Koriat, who made Kamianets their capital.
Rule and society
The Koriatovich brothers fortified Kamianets and other towns, invited settlers and granted town rights under German law. They issued their own coins and ruled a mixed Ruthenian, Armenian and Polish population in an exposed land on the edge of the steppe. They looked both to Lithuania and to Poland for support.
Decline and legacy
Around 1393 Vytautas expelled Fyodor Koriatovich and divided the duchy, with the western part passing to Poland. After long rivalry over the region, western Podolia became the Podolian Voivodeship of the Polish Crown in 1434, while the east remained with Lithuania.
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- Duchy of Podolia was a vassal of Grand Duchy of Lithuania1362 CE – 1394 CE
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