Dorogobuzh on the upper Dnieper is first named among the Smolensk towns in the charter 'on town dues and honours' dated 1150.
A fort on the road east from Smolensk towards Vyazma and the Volga.
Who holds it
- Name
- the prince of Smolensk
- Title
- prince
- Confidence
- medium
ru.wikipedia (Дорогобуж)
Lord in 1200
The prince of Smolensk, through his governor.
How things stand that morning
Smolensk's.
Council
Not recorded.
Communities
Townsmen of the Smolensk land.
Militia
Not recorded.
Walls and castle
Earthen ramparts (undated).
Trade and crafts
The Dnieper road east.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The 1150 list.
Primary sources for Smolensk
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Chronicle of Novgorod (kept year by year; the Synodal manuscript written in the 13th and 14th centuries). Novgorod's own record, kept at St Sophia. Read online
- The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
- The Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online
- The birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. Read online
- The Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.