Tmutarakan

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Tmutarakan was a medieval East Slavic principality and trading center of Kievan Rus’ located on the Taman Peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

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Tmutarakan canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic polity ⓘ
medieval principality ⓘ
trading center ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteAt Taman ⓘ
borderedBy Caucasus region ⓘ
Crimea across Kerch Strait ⓘ
capitalOf Principality of Tmutarakan ⓘ
connectedTo Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Khazar Khaganate ⓘ
declinedInPeriod late 11th century ⓘ
engagedIn grain trade ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
salt trade ⓘ
slave trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition Alans ⓘ
Circassians ⓘ
East Slavs ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Khazars ⓘ
linked to: Khazar Khaganate
flourishedInPeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
governedBy Prince Gleb Svyatoslavich ⓘ
linked to: Gleb Sviatoslavich

Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich ⓘ
Prince Oleg Svyatoslavich ⓘ
hasEvidence Tmutarakan stone inscription ⓘ
historicalRegion Pontic steppe ⓘ
knownFor Black Sea trade ⓘ
trade between Rus' and Byzantine Empire ⓘ
trade between Rus' and Caucasus ⓘ
languageUsed Old East Slavic ⓘ
laterControlledBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Cuman tribes ⓘ
Genoese colonies ⓘ
Tmutarakan Greeks ⓘ
locatedBetween Black Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Russia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Kuban ⓘ
linked to: Kuban River
locatedOn Taman Peninsula ⓘ
mentionedInSource Primary Chronicle ⓘ
linked to: Rus' chronicles
partOf Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kievan Rus' sphere of influence ⓘ
predecessor Khazar control of Taman Peninsula ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
ruledBy Rurikid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Rurik dynasty
strategicFor access to Caucasus ⓘ
control of Cimmerian Bosporus ⓘ
TmutarakanStoneInscriptionRecords measurement of distance across Kerch Strait ⓘ

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