We have listed all the cities of Rostislav's charter. Let's supplement this list of cities of the Smolensk Principality by indicating those cities that are mentioned in literature. There are few of them, so without Rostislav’s charter, there would be no way at all to even approximately determine the boundaries of the principality.
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Red And Both cities are mentioned in the chronicle as appanage cities, allocated to Rostislav Mstislavich Roman in 1165 8"). The first of them is currently difficult to determine. B%lyaev points to ©. Vasilevka on the borders of Krasnensky district 88) with Roslavsky, and Barsov to the village of Vasilyevo in Dorogobuzhsky u.89).
Ryiab - currently Orsha, on the Dnfpr, Uzdny mountains. Mogilev province. Until 1116 it belonged to Kopys
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88) 3. R. G. General, vol. UT, r. 177.
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stung Polotsk, took it away from Monomakh 30). It was true that in 1068 Vseslav Polotsui was captured.
_Zaroy.—0The chronicle mentions him in 1156. 91) on the following occasion: Yur Dolgoruy went to Smolensk. Rostislav went out to meet Zara and then they made peace. Consequently, Zaroy was located on the southern border of the principality. Currently there is a village_3Zaroy in Klimovichi district, 10 versts from Klimovichi, near Iput 32).
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Okovyshin fight, the position of which is not defined 33); This locality is considered to be the Smolensk principality by 9%), although one can doubt this. Skovyshyn. boron in the book hit. for the following reason: Rurik in 1180 sent his brother David Rostislavich from Belgorod to Smolensk to their brother Roman: “And they sent the news to Okovysha Forest,” that Roman had died. Thus, the record does not at all indicate whose territory! And David learned about the death of his brother.
We have listed all the cities of the Smolensk land. It remains to be said about the main city of the earth—Smolensk® 95).
This is a beautifully built and decorated city, located on both sides of the Dzpr. Already by the end of the 18th century. it shone with many rich and beautiful churches. The main part of the city and the fortress were located on the left side of the Dnipro, in a hilly area crossed by ditches. The princely palace, according to legend, was located in the present Svirskaya settlement% 95). The Smolensk princes contributed to decorating the city with churches. Yes, Vladimr,
0) IP. 117, 203. Researchers did not immediately agree to see Rsh%. Orsha, they were stopped by the fact that the chronicle says: on Rshi near Smolensk. It turned out that Rshi was, as it were, a river near Smolensk. Pogodin therefore looked for rBi Rei (TU, 217. I.L., etc.), Karaizin pointed to the Orsha pit, see Barsov, Dictionary of Solovyov, Ist. R., vol. P, 37.
92) Pogodin, 298.
33) Nadezhin and Nevolin only notice that in Mogia., Smokh., and Chern. g. a lot: there are words with bor (Pogodin, 301).
34) Barsov, Potodin.
35) Sunday 31 John 215, In. 218, Sunday 32, IP. 220, 224, Vokr. 41, 42, 44, 45, 51 53, 242, 252, 333, Nick. 4. 15, 57, 72. 73, 77, 94, 107, 126, 127, 137, 143, 168, 171, 172 177, 179, 186, 198, 199, 201, 202, 209 and others. etc.
Monomakh built the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in 1161; in 1146, Rostislav Mstislavich built the Church of the Apostle in the western part of the city. Peter and Paul; Church of St. Goanna of the Theologian was built by Roman Rostislavich in 1180, and the latter’s brother David built a large stone church in the name of Arch. Michael, who in ancient times was considered one of the most beautiful and richest 97). There were several monasteries in the city itself and in its environs: in the 5th century. From the city there was the Mother of God Monastery, on a place called Selishche, ° Dalf Otroch Monastery, the Monastery of St. Cross and the monastery built by Bishop Ignatius in honor of the placement of the Robe of the Virgin Mary 98).
Not far from the city was the well-known harbor of Smyadyn, at a distance from the city “as if it were seen, 99), where Gleb Muromsyu died. Near Smolensk there was the village of Dresenskoye, which was given to the bishop by Rostislav in 1150.
Smolensk was the main city of a vast region, the Grand Duchy of Smolensk; it is located on an extremely visible area. The route from the Ozernaya region to the middle and lower Podzprovz, from where to Greece, the route from the Volga region and the upper Podvina ran through it. This connection of three trade routes indicates the trade importance of Smolensk route, mark,
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36) “History of the city of Smolensk” Nikitin, b. 8.