Karachev
Karachev was a principality on the upper Desna, centred on the town of Karachev. It emerged from Chernihiv after 1246; in 1310 Prince Vasily of Bryansk attacked with Horde troops and killed its prince Svyatoslav Mstislavich.
During the fourteenth century Zvenigorod and Kozelsk became separate principalities. Around 1360 Lithuania annexed Karachev, and its princes entered Lithuanian service. In 1493 the Lithuanian ruler granted the town to Prince Semyon of Mozhaysk; in 1500 Semyon transferred his lands to Ivan III, bringing Karachev under Moscow.
Characters
- Andrei Mstislavich of Kozelsk
- Mstislav Mikhailovich of Karachev
- Panteleimon Mstislavich
- Svyatoslav Mstislavich of Karachev
- Vasily Panteleimonovich