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    in 1221–1222 then conquered Derbent and the surrounding area from 1236 to 1239 during the invasions of Georgia and Durdzuketia. The Timurids incorporated...
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    lands made it an easy prey for Turkic conquerors. The Mongols burned it in 1239, Uzbeg Khan ravaged it in 1316, Timur sacked it in 1395, and the Tatars devastated...
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    Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University:...
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    1216, Yury II of Vladimir was dethroned by his brother and exiled here. In 1239, the town was burned to the ground by Batu Khan's army. Folk tradition identifies...
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    Porkhov (category 1239 establishments in Europe)
    Soviet census). The fortress of Porkhov is believed to have been founded in 1239 by Alexander Nevsky. The timber fortress was sacked by Algirdas (Olgierd)...
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    whose grandson Alexander Nevsky wed Alexandra of Polotsk in Toropets in 1239. In the mid-14th century the town passed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
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    Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University:...
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    Russian word "горох" (gorokh, "peas"). Gorokhovets was first mentioned in a 1239 chronicle, when it was sacked by the Mongols. It is believed that a minor...
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    An important monument was the Chronicon mundi, written between 1236 and 1239 by the Galician bishop Lucas of Tuia at the request of Berenguela, the mother...
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    Radilovskoye in the north and Lake Luchno in the south. Porkhov was founded in 1239 by Alexander Nevsky, who at the time was the Prince of Novgorod, as a fortress...
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