Fortified settlement Sutiejsk

Very interesting place in our commune is the village of Sąsiadka, or rather the remains of the early medieval prized military settlement located there..The gord was most likely founded by Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise, who built the fortified settlement in 1034 - 1039 to guard the border with Poland. In 1069, Sutiejsk was captured by Bolesław II Śmiały, during his raid over Rus’. The gord was burned, and quickly rebuilt by Poles, who controlled it until the late 11th century. Sutiejsk was a very important trade and administrative center, with several meetings of Polish and Rus dukes taking place here. Some time between 1086 and 1097, Poles returned the gord to the Volhynian Duke Dawid Igorewicz, who visited it several times, as archaeologists found five lead seals with his name on them. Polish rulers remained keenly interested in Sutiejsk, and in 1121, Bolesław Krzywousty captured it during his raid over Volhynia and Ruthenia. Sutiejsk was once again destroyed and rebuilt, and used as a military base for further Polish raids. At that time, its total area was 21 hectares, divided into three parts, with a walled center, the seat of a local duke. Three rings of ramparts, which protected the gord, were up to six meters high, and several hundred meters in circumference. Sutiejsk was located in historical route connecting Kiev with Krakow and belonged to the group of the Cherven Towns.

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