John Sobieski was born on 17 August 1629, in Olesko, now Ukraine, then part of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to a renowned noble family de Sobieszyn Sobieski of Janina coat of arms. His father, Jakub Sobieski, was the Voivode of Ruthenia and Castellan of Kraków; his mother, Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz …

Geography. The Sumy Oblast is situated in the northeastern part of Ukraine. It is situated on a border of two historical regions of Ukraine — Cossack Hetmanate (annexed by Russia in the 18th century as Little Russia, previously known as Severia) and Sloboda Ukraine.Elevation is 110–240m above sea level. The area of the oblast (23,800 km 2), comprises about 3.95% of …

Augusto III di Polonia, o di Sassonia, noto come "il Sassone", o "il Corpulento" (in polacco: August III Sas, August III Gruby; Dresda, 17 ottobre 1696 – Dresda, 5 ottobre 1763), fu elettore di Sassonia, re di Polonia e granduca di Lituania.. Fu figlio e successore nei vari titoli di Augusto II di Polonia.Come elettore di Sassonia regnò con il nome di Federico Augusto II

Augustus III (Polish: August III Sas, Lithuanian: Augustas III; 17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1733 until 1763, as well as Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire where he was known as Frederick Augustus II (German: Friedrich August II).. He was the only legitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, and converted …

Grand duke (feminine: grand duchess) is a European hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families. In status, a grand duke traditionally ranks in order of precedence below an emperor, as an approximate equal of king or archduke and above a sovereign prince or sovereign duke.The title is used in some current and former …

Tribal period. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the area was populated by East Slavic people, identified with groups called Buzhans, Dulebes and White Croats.The southwestern edge of the land was probably part of the Great Moravian state. In 907, White Croats and Dulebs were involved in the military campaign against Constantinople led by Rus Prince Oleg of Novgorod.

O primeiro Estado eslavo do Oriente, a Rússia de Quieve, foi fundado pelos viquingues nórdicos que vieram da Escandinávia, navegando pelos rios da Europa do Leste.Eles adotaram o cristianismo do Império Bizantino em 988 e iniciaram a síntese das culturas bizantinas e eslavas que vieram a definir a cultura russa.. Os mongóis sob Gengis Cã (r. 1167–1227) assaltaram e …

The Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial dynasty that ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235, during the Roman imperial period.The dynasty was founded by the emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193–211), who rose to power after the Year of the Five Emperors as the victor of the civil war of 193–197, and his wife, Julia Domna.After the short reigns and assassinations of …

Michael I (Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Lithuanian: Mykolas I Kaributas Višnioveckis; 31 May 1640 – 10 November 1673) was the ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 29 September 1669 until his death in 1673.. Michael was chosen partly because of the merit of his father, prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, a powerful …

The steppe and forest-steppe of Ukraine and southern Russia is good agricultural land, but it was traditionally held by pastoral nomads.Any state that could drive off the nomads and fill the land with tax-paying peasants would expand its power enormously. During the period 1500–1800, this region was taken under Russian control.