Definition of Posadnik. Meaning of Posadnik. Synonyms of Posadnik

- A posadnik (Russian: посадник, pl. посадники, posadniki) was a representative of the prince in some towns during the times of Kievan Rus', and later the...
- elect and dismiss princes at its own will. The veche also elected the posadnik, who was the chief executive of the city, and the archbishop of Novgorod...
- located between Kyushu and Korea. On 13 March 1861, the Russian corvette Posadnik (Посадник, 1856), captained by Nicolai Birilev, arrived in Tsushima island...
- but it continued to enjoy self-government under the supervision of a posadnik, or chief executive, that was appointed by Novgorod. Pskov had the status...
- "stadtholder" is posadnik; the term sometimes occurs as "stadtholder" in English-language literature. Although there were such legendary posadniks as Gostomysl...
- year. Other boyars, including several posadniks, helped add to the monastery over the centuries. In 1206, Posadnik Tverdislav Mikhailovich built the Church...
- Klas Horn was originally the Kazarski-class torpedo gunboat Posadnik of the Imperial Russian Navy. One of three built for the Russian Baltic Fleet, Posednik...
- in the 13th century in the Novgorod Republic for the office of posadnik. The posadnik shared executive power with the duke, and competition over who should...
- died 1367) was a posadnik of Novgorod the Great in 1350–1354. He came from a Novgorodian boyar family that gave a number of posadniks to the city. He is...
- Drevlians (990–1015) Anna Porphyrogenita Theophana, a wife of Novgorod posadnik Ostromir, a grandson of semi-legendary Dobrynya (highly doubtful is the...