Starodub
Starodub-on-the-Klyazma was the seat of a small Rus' principality on the Klyazma River, ruled by a branch of the Rurikids. In 1337 its prince was Demetrius, between the expanding powers of Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.
In the 1370s Dmitry Donskoy annexed Starodub. Its princes entered Muscovite service, giving rise to boyar families including the Gagarins and Pozharskys. In 1609 a Polish raiding force under Lisowski burned the old town, which was never rebuilt.
Characters
- Dmitry Fyodorovich of Starodub
- Fyodor Ivanovich of Starodub
- Ivan Mikhailovich Kalistrat of Starodub
- Ivan Vsevolodovich Kasha
- Mikhail Ivanovich of Starodub
- Vladimir Vsevolodovich of Starodub