Vorotynsk

The Zusha valley near Novosil contains an old fortified site at Vorotyntsevo. The town of that name appears in a chronicle under 1155 among the possessions of the Chernigov princes. The surrounding Novosil lands later formed a small principality on the upper Oka frontier. After Tatar attacks in the 1370s, its princely centre moved to Odoyev, while the branches of the family continued to hold and contest estates across the region.