A fort at the meeting of the Viliya and the Horyn named in 1100 with Duben and Buzhsk; on the eastern edge of Volhynia towards the Kiev land and the Bolokhovian country.
Who holds it
- Name
- not pinned (the Lutsk branch's sphere)
- Title
- not pinned
- Since
- not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
In the Lutsk branch's sphere (not pinned).
Charter
No written charter: towns of Rus' held no chartered privileges in 1200; the townsmen acted through their assembly (veche) and their elders.
Fairs and markets
None recorded.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber fort on the Horyn bluff.
Trade and crafts
Local.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Named 1100; nothing for 1200.
Primary sources for The Volhynian princes apart from Roman
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 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
- Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. 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.