Bryansk
Bryansk was a Rus principality centred on the town of Bryansk on the Desna. In 1337 it was ruled by Gleb Svyatoslavich of the Smolensk Rostislavichi, whose succession disputes had drawn in the Golden Horde.
The townspeople killed Gleb in 1340, and Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania seized Bryansk in 1356. Its troops fought at Kulikovo in 1380 amid decades of changing rule between Lithuania and Moscow. Ivan III finally took Bryansk for Moscow in 1500.
Characters
- Gleb Svyatoslavich of Bryansk
- Oleg Romanovich of Bryansk
- Roman Mikhailovich the Old
- Svyatoslav Glebovich of Bryansk