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29-408: Archeological excavations have shown that a settlement on the territory of the present-day city dates back to the second millennium BC. According to one explanation, the city derived its name from its location, being situated on a turn in the river that looked like a bow when viewed from above. Another theory holds that the city's name connotes the idea of being situated “on floodplain meadows”. Pryluky

58-476: A tsesaritsa Gr'kyna , meaning "Greek princess". The fact that Volodimer Vsevolodovich was later given the nickname Monomakh provides the only significant clue, namely that his mother was likely a member of the Byzantine Monomachos family , the same as the then-reigning emperor Constantine IX. Contemporary Byzantine naming-practice allowed the adoption of a maternal surname if convention regarded

87-556: A city within the Chernihiv Oblast . During World War II , Pryluky was occupied by the German Army from 18 September 1941 to 18 September 1943. During the occupation, Jews were recruited for forced labor. On 18 October 1941 a murder operation that had several Jewish victims was carried out. A ghetto was established at the beginning of 1942. From January 1942 groups of 30-40 young healthy men were systematically taken from

116-524: A junior member of the princely Rurikids of Kievan Rus' , contracted a diplomatic marriage with a relative of the reigning Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos ( r.  1042–1055 ), from whom Vladimir (born in 1053) likely inherited his sobriquet, Monomakh . The name and ancestry of his mother are unknown; Byzantine sources do not mention the marriage at all, and the Primary Chronicle only says that his father Vsevolod had him by

145-530: A part of the Golden Ring of the Chernihiv Region tour. Until 18 July 2020, Pryluky was designated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to Pryluky Raion even though it was the center of the raion. As part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Chernihiv Oblast to four, the city was merged into Pryluky Raion. On 28 February a tank company of

174-589: Is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6 . His father was Vsevolod Yaroslavich , born c.  1030 as the fifth son of grand prince of Kiev Yaroslav the Wise ( r.  1019–1054 ); he himself would go on to reign as grand prince Vsevolod I of Kiev from 1078 to 1093. In 1046, to seal an armistice in the Rus'–Byzantine War , Vsevolod Yaroslavich, then

203-589: Is dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos . There are many historical sites within Pryluky and many of them are churches, including: Pryluky is twinned with: Vladimir II Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh ( Old East Slavic : Володимѣръ Мономахъ , romanized:  Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ ; Christian name: Vasily ; 26 May 1053 – 19 May 1125) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. He

232-464: Is not reported by any contemporary sources, and none of the Russian sources report the name or parentage of Vladimir's first wife. The "Testament of Vladimir Monomakh" records the death of the mother of Vladimir's son Yuri on 7 May 1107, but it does not mention her name. Most historians agree it was more likely Yuri's mother was Gytha, based upon Yuri's acceptable marriage age in 1108. They had at least

261-542: Is on the list of Ukraine's oldest cities, and in 1995 it was entered in the register of Ukrainian historical cities. Under the auspices of the “Innovations in Cultural Development of the Regions” program, the Pryluky local government is taking measures to restore old folk art traditions as well as seeking historical and architectural records of the city. City inhabitants hope that with time, Pryluky will become

290-481: The 2001 census : The oldest civil building in the town is the former chancellory and sacristy of the Pryluky Cossack Regiment. Apart from the diminutive Baroque church of St. Nicholas (1720), the town possesses two cathedrals. The old five-domed cathedral was built by Cossacks in the 1710s and 1720s in a simplified brand of Mazepa Baroque . The new Neoclassical cathedral (1806) has one cupola and

319-513: The Battle of Berestechko in 1651. The Pryluky Regiment, under Colonel Yakiv Voronchenko  [ uk ] , demonstrated thorough military prowess in defeating a large Polish unit in June 1652. The regiment also took part in campaigns against Poland and Turkey . Girded with a high rampart surmounted by guns, the city of Pryluky looked quite formidably at the time. However, in the second half of

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348-475: The Kievan populace revolted and summoned Vladimir to the capital. The same year he entered Kiev to the great delight of the crowd and reigned there until his death in 1125. As may be seen from his Instruction , he promulgated a number of reforms in order to allay the social tensions in the capital. These years saw the last flowering of Ancient Rus , which was torn apart 10 years after his death. Vladimir Monomakh

377-534: The Kipchaks , a confederation of pastoralists and warriors of Turkic origin. However the Primary Chronicle identifies Aepa as father-in-law to Yuri Dolgoruki, with Vladimir negotiating the marriage in name of his son. Whether father and son married sisters or the identity of intended groom was misidentified remains unclear. Poltava Governorate Too Many Requests If you report this error to

406-594: The Polovtsi . At first he waged war against the steppe jointly with his cousin Oleg , but after Vladimir was sent by his father to rule Chernigov and Oleg made peace with the Polovtsi to retake that city from him, they parted company. Since that time, Vladimir and Oleg were bitter enemies who would often engage in internecine wars. The enmity continued among their children and more distant posterity. In 1068 he allied with

435-455: The 17th century. One of the documents kept in the archives of Stockholm , Sweden stated that there were 800 chimneys, i.e. 800 houses, in Pryluky in 1632. Assuming that each house accommodated at least six persons, about 5,000 people lived in the city at that time. In 1648, Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky introduced a new system of territorial-administrative division in Ukraine, having divided

464-613: The 18th century, the border was moved far to the south for political and military reasons and the necessity for fortified cities like Pryluky disappeared. Olexandr Yakubovych  [ uk ] was the last colonel of Pryluky. In 1781, the Cossack regime was abolished in Ukraine and Pryluky became an uyezd of the Malorossiya Governorate , and from 1802 the Poltava Governorate . Since 1932 it has been

493-563: The Cuman chief Bilge-Tegin. From 1094, his chief patrimony was the southern town of Pereiaslav , although he also controlled Rostov , Suzdal , and other northern provinces (see Principality of Pereyaslavl ). In these lands he founded several towns, notably his namesake, Vladimir , the future capital of Russia. In order to unite the princes of Rus' in their struggle against the Great Steppe, Vladimir initiated three princely congresses ,

522-463: The Russian occupiers was liquidated. On 7 March, near Pryluky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated a Russian convoy of fuel trucks. On 13 June 2022, at 13:15, rocket attacks by Russian troops were recorded in Pryluky. Russian missiles struck a facility located near Pryluky. Ammunition detonated. The fire was localized the same day. Distribution of the population by native language according to

551-509: The city was repeatedly plundered by eastern nomadic tribes and became a centre of internecine wars between Ruthenian princes. In 1239, Pryluky was destroyed by the Mongols; in 1362, the city was conquered by Lithuanian feudal lords. But the citizens always staunchly defended Pryluky, fighting for their freedom and dignity. After the Union of Lublin of 1569, according to which the city came under

580-497: The country into regiments. Under this system the city of Pryluky became the military center of the Pryluky Regiment and Colonel Ivan Shkurat-Melnychenko  [ uk ] was appointed its first commander. The regiment comprised about 2,000 Cossacks, who actively participated in many battles during the war of 1648–1654. For instance, the entire Pryluky Regiment of Cossacks, led by I. Shkurat, died fighting valiantly in

609-451: The following children: A daughter has been attributed to either the first or the second wife: Vladimir's second wife, Euphemia , is considered to have been a Byzantine noblewoman. This marriage produced at least five children: Vladimir's third marriage is thought to have been to a daughter of Aepa Ocenevich, Khan of the Cumans . Her paternal grandfather was Osen. Her people belonged to

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638-571: The ghetto and executed at an unknown location. Most of the Jews of Pryluky were killed in a mass murder operation in May 1942. Another mass murder was carried out by Germans in Pryluky on 10 September 1942. Jews from Polova, Ladan, and Linovitsa of Pryluky County and from Kharitonovka, Podol, Radkovka and Malaya Devitsa of other counties of the Chernigov District were murdered in Pryluky. Pryluky

667-581: The most important being held at Lyubech in 1097 and Dolobsk in 1103. In 1107 he defeated Boniak , a Cuman khan who led an invasion on Kievan Rus' . In 1111, Vladimir, alongside Sviatopolk II , led an army at the Battle of the Salnytsia River  [ uk ] , where they defeated a Cuman army on the Salnytsia  [ ru ] river. The site of this battle is probably at modern-day Izium . When Sviatopolk II died in 1113,

696-569: The mother's family as of a more exalted origin than the father's. According to a later fictitious story written in the early 16th century, the Tale About the Vladimer Kniazi , Volodimer Vsevolodovich defeated Constantine Monomachos in a war, and Constantine sued for peace by offering him many gifts, after which 'Volodimer Vsevolodovich was known as Volodimer Monomakh'. This is impossible, because Constantine died in 1055, when Volodimer

725-589: The proliferation and popularity of Cossacks, Poland tried to suppress this spontaneous resistance but did so in vain. In the 17th century the Cossacks took part in the Khmelnytsky uprising . The fertile soil of the Udai basin proved itself attractive not only to marauders, but also to hard-working people fleeing from backbreaking toil. The number of inhabitants of Pryluky and adjacent villages grew considerably in

754-527: The rule of the Polish nobility, many inhabitants of Pryluky and nearby villages began to run away, seeking freedom in the vast Dnieper steppes. Oppressed peasants from other areas of central and eastern Ukraine took refuge there too. Settlements founded by the runaways in the late 15th-early 16th centuries occupied large territories in the vicinity of Kyiv and Cherkasy. Thus grew the Cossack community. Scared by

783-699: Was buried at Saint Sophia Cathedral . Succeeding generations often referred to his reign as the golden age of that city. Numerous legends are connected with Monomakh's name, including the transfer from Constantinople to Rus of such precious relics as the Theotokos of Vladimir and the Vladimir/Muscovite crown called Monomakh's Cap . Vladimir married three times. The 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus reported that, in what would have been his first marriage, Vladimir wed Gytha of Wessex , daughter of Harold, King of England , who had fallen at Hastings in 1066 and of Edith Swannesha . This marriage

812-459: Was first mentioned in 1085 by Prince Vlаdimir Monomakh in his Precepts To My Children . That year the city-fortress sheltered the prince and his entourage from the horde of Polovtsy and soon the prince's armed forces, strengthened by the Pryluky militia, routed the enemy. However, in 1092 the Polovtsy attacked the fortress once more wiping out the whole population and sacking the city. Later,

841-541: Was only 1.5 years old. He is never called 'Monomakh' in the Primary Chronicle , and the first time his name ever appears in primary sources as Volodimer' Monomakhŭ (Володимерь Мономахъ ) is not until his eulogy sub anno 1126 [sic] in the Kievan Chronicle . It has also been found on his seal. In his famous Instruction (also known as The Testament ) to his own children, Monomakh mentions that he conducted 83 military campaigns and 19 times made peace with

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