Pogar, Russia

History

Pogar is one of the oldest settlements of the Russian Federation. According to archeological data, the first Slavic settlement in this place appeared in the 8th-9th centuries. In 1155 locality was first mentioned as an urban settlement Radosch later Radogosch. In the late 1230s it was ravaged by the Mongols. [2]

In the second half of the 14th century, the town passed into the possession of Lithuania. In the years 1500-1618 was an under the rule of the Russian state. In the autumn of 1534 the governor of Kiev Andrey Nemirovich Radogosch burned, but he was unable to take Starodub and Chernigov. After the destruction of Radogoscha by the Lithuanians in 1563, the population fled; On the site of the former population remained only long mound.

The exact reappearance of the town is unknown but by that time the town already bore the name of Pogar. In 1618 it was captured by Poland, before joining the left-bank Ukraine, which after 1654 became part of the Russian state. Before elimination of regimental divisions by Catherine II in 1783, it remained part of the autonomous Hetmanate of Ukraine and was included into the Pogar hundred of Starodub Regiment.

From the History section of Pogar (urban-type settlement) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.