The area was first mentioned in the chronicles in relation to the events of 1021, when the army of the Kievan prince Yaroslav the Wise defeated the troops of the prince of Polotsk, Bryachislav of Polotsk, at the Sudoma River.
In the years of 1150-1180 saw many of its cities such as Vyshgorod, Kanev and Belgorod seek independence as individual principalities.
Kiev | Principality of Bulgaria | Principality of Ansbach | Principality of Lüneburg | Principality of Auersperg | Kiev Oblast | Principality of Polotsk | Principality of Orange | Principality of Yaroslavl | Principality of Pereyaslavl | Principality of Calenberg | Vsevolod II of Kiev | Principality of Lippe | Principality of Grubenhagen | Kiev Conservatory | Principality of Sealand | Principality of Piombino | Principality of Kiev | Principality of Catalonia | Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst | Kiev Military District | Hilarion of Kiev | Grand Prince of Kiev | Vsevolod IV of Kiev | Sviatoslav II of Kiev | Principality of Zeta | Principality of Transylvania | Principality of Lichtenberg | Principality of Hungary | Principality of Halberstadt |