Rzhev

Rzhev was a Rus’ appanage on the upper Volga, contested by Moscow, Tver and Lithuania. In 1315 Tver seized Prince Fyodor Yuryevich and his lands; Rzhev subsequently passed to Lithuania.

Algirdas of Lithuania seized the town in 1356, and Moscow retook it in 1358 and 1368. In the 15th century Serpukhov princes, Dmitry Shemyaka and Tver princes held it in turn; in 1521 it was incorporated into Moscow.