The first mention of
Slutsk (Sluchesk) is found in the
Tale of Bygone Years circa 1116: Minsk Prince
Gleb Vseslavich entered into the territory of
Vladimir Monomakh and fought Dregoviches Sluchesk Pozega. Although the principality is mentioned in archival documents as early as 1086 and the Bishop of NS Sestrentsovich mentioned it in 1096. News of Slutsk allegedly appears in the Slutskaya hymnals of the 11th century. But the original documents are not available. The most reliable available source is the chronicle
Tale of Bygone Years. Occupied the territory of the Neman and Lani to Bird and Pripyat, the city included
Slutsk,
Kapyl Petric, Timkovichi, Urechye,
Luban, Old Road, Umgovichi, Tal, Tundra and others. The first known owner of Slutsk was
Yuri Dolgoruky. In 1149 it passed into the possession of Sluck Seversky Prince Svyatoslav. In 1160-1162 the Slutsky Duchy grandson Vladimir Monomakh (Vladimir Mstislavich) took ownership. Against him was a coalition of princes, led by his brother, the Prince of Kiev
Rostislav Mstislavich. Their armies besieged Slutsk and Vladimir Mstislavich was forced to surrender. Two years later the principality was taken by the descendants of Prince George Jaroslavich Turov. In 1387, a document referred to Prince Yury Slutsky, the last of the dynasty. At the beginning of the 13th century, Slutsk principality, as well as other fiefdoms on Turov land, became dependent on the
principality of Galicia-Volhynia. In 1320 the Slutsk principality joined the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In 1395, the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Vytautas, passed Slutsk principality to the brother of the Polish King
Jagiello Prince
Vladimir Olgerdovich. It was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and for two centuries, Slutsk was one of the political and cultural centers of the state. Until the end of the 14th century, it was ruled by
Rurikids of the
Turov-Pinsk line. After Vladimir Olgerdovich's death in 1440, together with Slutsk,
Kapyl went to his son
Aleksandras Olelka and subsequently his heirs
Simeon,
Mikhailo, Yurii and
Simeon II. Olelko Volodymyrovych, in 1440, received the principality of Kiev, and the governor left the principality of Slutsk to Olelko's eldest son, Semen. After the 1454 death of Olelko, Semen received the principality of Kiev and the youngest son Mikhail began to reign in Slutsk by 1481. After Semen's death, Mikhail expected the throne of Kiev, but was unsuccessful. He and supporters Prince Fedor Ivanovich Belsky and Ivan Yu. Holshansky decided to overthrow the Grand Duke of Lithuania
Casimir IV and to build on the Lithuanian throne Mikhail, as a descendant of Grand Duke
Algirdas. But the plot was exposed, and Mikhail was executed in 1481 in the town square of
Vilnius. Slutsk principality executed
Mstislav Anna (daughter of Prince Ivan Mstsislavsky) and young son Simeon II, who was prince from 1481 to 1503. Slutsk was the last of the independent principalities of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was the only bastion of Orthodoxy in the area. ==Princely court==