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The Principality of Podolsk]] is a princedom formed on the lands of the Podillia in 1363 and transferred by Olgerd to his nephews to the Koriatovich brothers . Koriatovici was ruled by Podolia until 1393/1394, when Vitovt was expelled from there , whose authority was refused to recognize after signing the agreement in Koriatovic Island . The emergence of the principality was the result of the war for the Galician-Volyn inheritance and threats from the Horde Tatars
In 1362, four Koriatovich brothers: Alexander , Yuri , Konstantin and Fyodor participated in the army of Grand Duke Olgerd in the Battle of Blue Waters . For this, in 1363 their possessions in the Podolia region were assigned to the brothers and the Podolsk principality was formed. The brothers were co-rulers of the principality: Yuri kept Kamenetz , and Konstantin - Smotrich . Fedor at this time was in Hungary. In 1371 Alexander Koriatovich returned to Podolia, having ceded Vladimir-Volynsky to Lyubart Gediminovich a year earlier .
In 1374, the princes Yuri and Alexander bestowed Kamenets on Magdeburg Law , Yuri transferred the capital to this city, starting the construction of a fortified fortress. When Koriatovicha across Podol began large-scale construction of castles, and in the city - the Catholic monasteries and the spread of the Catholic faith : in 1366 the Order of Dominicans appeared in Kamenetz . In 1375, Pope Gregory XI approved the Catholic Diocese of Kamenets and the first Bishop of William the Dominican. In 1377 a wooden Catholic cathedral was built in the center of the city. Around 1390 the Order of the Franciscans appeared in Kamenets. Gradually, the city became an outpost of Catholicism in the south-west of Russia.
Ca. 1380
Mint Smotrich
Collection : Lithuania