This was not the relationship between Izyaslav and his uncle Vyacheslav. During this entire first period of the struggle of the Monomakhovichs, the chronicle mentions him more than three times, and even then only as if by chance, indicating that the regiment, that is, the Vyacheslav army was among the Izyaslav troops ^). It is obvious that the uncle, offended by his nephew, although he reconciled with the wolf, yielding to his strength and intelligence, did not take a further part in the wars. The rulers seemed to have forgotten about him, ignored his existence and his seniority in the family; the young princes act without asking his council, even without his personal fate: only his regiment comes to Izyaslav. From such relations between uncle and nephews one can conclude that they were not at odds with each other; Probably, as Vyacheslav later expressed, the Prince of Turov could not forgive his stronger and more dexterous nephew for his shame—removal from the Vleuska table; He was silent only because the weakness of his country, the unwillingness to deplete its last funds in wars, as well as the lack of initiative and energy in the prince himself, did not allow him to join the fight. On the other hand, the nephews, who perhaps had some other reasons for dissatisfaction with their uncle, did not pay attention to the latter. relying more on their strength, the people’s love for them and their own intelligence than on the authority of their weak old man uncle.
Naturally, Vyacheslav was not a great ally of the nephews Izyaslav and Rostislav; he was only waiting for an opportunity to part ways with them. This opportunity soon presented itself when Yur,
having expelled Izyaslav, he took possession of the Mevsky grand-ducal table. Vyacheslav and Yur immediately entered into an alliance. It was natural for the younger to take Vyacheslav, but still it was a shame for the latter to be somewhat dependent on his brother, or on his nephew, who at the same time treated him condescendingly. The brothers soon got along well, and Yuri, as you can see, treated his older brother with great respect, conferring with him and so on. In a word, the two sons of Manomakhov formed the same alliance with each other as their nephews, the Metislavichs.
As soon as Jur managed to establish himself in Noev (1149), he concluded peace treaties with the Chernigov princes, and he gave Slutsk, Kletsk and the eastern part of Dregovichi to one of them, Svyatoslav Olgovich 30), when Izyaslav gathered troops and, in alliance with the Polish and Hungarian kings, moved to Noev. The principality of Turov should have suffered first of all from this campaign, even as Izyaslav moved from the neighboring Volyn land. Therefore, Vyacheslav, having learned about the enemy’s preparations, sent to tell Yurio: “either you give Izyaslav what he wants, or come here with the regiments to defend my land. Izyaslav says to me: if you were me instead of your father, go to reign in Noev, but I can’t get along with Yuri; if you don’t want to accept me into love (i.e. enter into an alliance with me) and won’t go in No. Mev reign, I will burn your volost. Now, brother, come, we will see what God will give us, good or evil; if, brother, you do not act, then do not complain about me (i.e., I can retreat from the alliance with you), but so that my region is not burned.” 51)
Yuri, having gathered a huge army, immediately came to the aid of his brother; both allies converged in Peresopnitsa (nowadays on the river Stub”b in the Volyn province). Although the war was going to be formidable, circumstances quickly forced one and the other side to enter into peaceful relations. Namely, Izyaslav’s foreign allies, partly out of fear of the power of Yury, partly due to their own domestic circumstances, decided to reconcile the arguing princes. They sent to Yursha and Vyacheslav, asking them to make peace with
nephew. The uncles said that if they want peace, then let them leave with their troops, and they themselves will enter into an agreement with Izyaslav. The Poles and Venruses left. However, the princes could not agree on the issue of Novgorod tributes to Izyaslav; the war resumed with renewed vigor. Things would have come to a battle near the city of Lutsk if Vladimir Galitsky had not entered the defense. He began to persuade his uncles to make peace and forgive his nephew. After long negotiations, although the sons and Olgovichs did not agree with Yuri to reconcile, Vladimir managed, first of all, to persuade Vyacheslav to peace; he leaned toward peace and love, because, as the writer put it, he was “kind at heart, praising the glorious God and remembering what was written.” He began to persuade his brother: “brother, make peace; if you want to go without getting settled, then it’s okay for you, but burn my Izyasaav volost.” 32)