Vshchizh

Vshchizh belongs to the Bryansk and Severian country, where river valleys and forests supported settlements within the medieval Rus world. Vshchizh was a princely centre in the twelfth century. Archaeological evidence has been interpreted as indicating its destruction during the Mongol invasion in 1238, after which the old city did not recover. The wider Severian region subsequently experienced changing Lithuanian and Muscovite rule.