State · 1101 – 1565

Principality of Drutsk

A state of 1101 – 1565 — 464 years in Europe. Its own article says it was replaced.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 464 years; 1101 – 1565
Most ground: 19,900 km²; in 1111

Map: Principality of Drutsk in 1111, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Principality of Drutsk in 1111, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 19,900 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Replaced, 1565. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

The principality became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania where it existed as an autonomous principality until an administrative reform in 1565–1566, when it was included into the Orsha county of Vitebsk Voivodeship.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

19,900 km² in 1126, 19,900 km² in 1226; at its largest 19,900 km² in 1126. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood464 years
stood longer than 84% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held19,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 21% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1055 – 1611, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1111, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q2596884 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.