Kaniv City located on the Right Bank of the Dnipro River (currently Kaniv Reservoir). One of the most important cities in Kyivan Rus', it was mentioned in the Kyivan Cave Paterikon as existing in the last half of the 11th century. Kaniv arose on the site of, or near, the fortifies city of Roden. From the middle of the 12th century it was an important trade center on the Dnipro route to Constantinople (until the latter's capture by the Turks in 1453), the residence of various appanage princes and of Mstyslav Mstyslavych and Roman Mstyslavych, and a fortress defending the frontier of Rus' and traders from Cuman invaders. Under Lithuanian rule (1362-1596) it was governed by a starosta. In 1556 it was granted the rights of Magdeburg law. In the Kozak period it was a regimental center (1637-78).
Kubijovyc, Volodymyr. Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1988.
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