A frontier fort of the Przemyśl land guarding the San valley road to the Łupków and Uzhok passes into Hungary; named in the chronicle in 1150, when King Géza II of Hungary took it.
Who holds it
- Name
- Roman Mstislavich, prince of Vladimir and Galich
- Title
- Prince of Galich (through a governor)
- Since
- 1199
- Confidence
- medium
Lord in 1200
Roman Mstislavich, through a governor not named.
How things stand that morning
Roman's; the Hungarian border beyond the crest is quiet (hno).
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.
Militia
Garrison; no figures.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber fort on the San.
Trade and crafts
The road to Hungary.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Named 1150; nothing for 1200.
Primary sources for Roman's Galicia and Volhynia
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 Deeds of the Hungarians, by the Anonymous Notary of King Béla, Anonymus (P. magister) (about 1200 to 1210, the date disputed). Not a record of events but a picture of the kingdom's nobility and geography as a courtier of about 1200 wished to see it: the clans and their lands, the castles and counties, the Vlachs, Cumans and other peoples of the Carpathian basin, all projected back onto the conquest. 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
- Principality of Galicia (English Wikipedia)
- Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia (English Wikipedia)
- Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Halych principality
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.