[[File:Bolokhoveni.png|thumb|right|The {{ill|Bolokhovian Land|hr|Bolohivska zemlja|ru|Болоховская земля|uk|Болохівська земля}} as identified by Martin Dimnik: a small region to the north of the uppermost course of the Southern Bug river.]] '''Bolokhov'''{{efn|{{langx|cu|Болохов}}; {{langx|pl|Bołochów}}; {{langx|ro|Bolohov}}; {{langx|ru|Болохов}}; {{langx|uk|Болохов}}.}} was a city mentioned in the ''Kievan'' and ''Galician–Volhynian'' chronicles, which gave the name to the {{ill|Bolokhovian Land|hr|Bolohivska zemlja|ru|Болоховская земля|uk|Болохівська земля}}, but that has not yet been found or identified.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LgZ4BAAAQBAJ|title=Болоховская земля и ее значение в русской истории. Эпизод из истории Южной Руси в XIII и XIV столетиях|first=Nikolaĭ P.|last=Dashkevich|pages=66|isbn=9785446019007|year=1876|language=ru}}</ref> The currently known chronicle texts, like other historical sources, do not allow to determine the location of the city of Bolokhov with acceptable, sufficient archaeological accuracy.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suoJAQAAIAAJ|title=До питання про локалізацію Болохівської землі|first=К. І|last=Терещук|publisher=Дослідження з слов’яноруської археології|year=1976|language=ru}}</ref> M. Dimnik claims that this land may have been located in the southwest corner of the Principality of Kiev and that it also shared borders with Volhynia and Galicia.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146–1246|last=Dimnik|first=Martin|date=2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521824422|location=Cambridge|pages=327}}</ref> According to Andrey Kuza, Bolokhov was located in modern-day Liubar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kuza |first=Andrey |title=Древнерусские городища X—XIII вв. Свод археологических памятников |publisher=Христианское издательство |year=1996 |editor-last=Zaytsev |editor-first=A. |pages=166}}</ref>

== Mentions in chronicles == According to historians, Bolokhov was located in the upper reaches of the Southern Bug, in the basins of the Horyn River with the Sluch tributary and the Teteriv River. This follows the mention of it in the ''Galician-Volhynian Chronicle'' of the 13th century.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|url=http://history.org.ua/LiberUA/ehu/1.pdf|title=Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine|author=Kotlyar M. F.|chapter=Болоховская земля|publisher=NASU Institute of History of Ukraine|volume=1|language=uk|year=2003|isbn=9660007345|pages=333–334}}</ref> The very first mention is associated with the year 1150, when Vladimirko Volodarovich, the prince of Galicia, went from Galicia to Kiev through Bolokhov. The second reference dates back to 1170, when Mstislav II, through Bolokhov, fled from Kiev to Volodymyr. The third reference is in 1231, the fourth, about the attack of Daniel of Galicia, in 1241, and finally the last in 1257.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://ru.wikisource.org/wiki/ЭСБЕ/Болоховская_земля|title=Болоховская земля|first=Vasily E.|last=Rudakov|publisher=Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary|location=Saint Petersburg|volume=4|pages=319–320|year=1891|language=ru}}</ref> The Bolokhovs were allied with Rostislav Mikhailovich and they saw action when the latter besieged Bakota.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Prince-Rostislav/6000000004533242441|title=Prince Rostislav Mikhailovich|website=geni_family_tree|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-19}}</ref> An account described the capture of the princes of Bolokhov by Vladimirko after the attack on Daniel's lands.<ref name=":1" />

The city of Bolokhov is also mentioned in the ''Kievan Chronicle''. It tells about the 1150 war for the throne of the grand prince of Kiev between Iziaslav II of Kiev and his uncle Yuri Dolgorukiy.<ref name=":0" />

==See also== * Bolokhovians

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