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ESSAY LO BEGINNING. HI ST, 95
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Polotsk came under the control of Izyaslav Metislavich. However, the Polotsy Izyaslavichs will soon appear on their native patrimonial lands; It was in 1132 that Vasilko Svyatoslavich, the grandson of Bseslav, appeared in Polotsk. When, after the death of Metislav, Izyaslav moved from Polotsk to Pereyaslavl, leaving Ovatopolk, his brother, in place of himself, the Polotsk people took the opportunity to free themselves from the dependence of the princely line that was alien to them; they expelled Svatopolk and put Vabilko Svyatoslavich on the table, 87).
This prince, obviously, had already returned from exile or, perhaps, was not sent into exile with his father at all as a minor. In 1140, two more princes (88 names are not mentioned) from Constantinople also returned; Whether the remaining princes returned or not is unknown. With the return of the Polotsk princes, their entire land (except for Orsha and Kopys) was liberated from the power of the Yuev princes. The restoration of the previous order in Polotsk took place with the consent of the remaining Russian princes; the princes arrived to live peacefully and in alliance with the rest of the princes, both the Monomakhovichs and the Olgovichs of Overskiy 89).
Thus, the previous order was restored in the Polotsk region; Thus, the century-long struggle with Kyiv ended and independence ended.
Let us present one more consideration regarding this stubborn struggle.
After the death of Monomakh, his descendants established themselves in the lands of Turov and Smolensk, trying to subjugate the Polotsk volosts.
86) Hypatian Chronicle, pp. 211, 217, 218.
87) See, Laurentian Chronicle, pp. 286; Tver Chronicle, p. 197; Nikonov’s chronicle, p. 157.
88) Hypatan Chronicle, p. 247,
7) Vsevolodl took his son Svyatoslav’s daughter Vasilka, Izyaslav even sent his own for Boris Rotvolodovich. Hypatan Chronicle, p. 224.
96 } M. DOVNART-ZAPOLSKY.
In addition, the Monomakhovichs owned the lands of Vladimir-Volyn, Pereyaslav and Rostov-Suzdal, trying not to let go of it. from the hands of Veliky Novgorod. The first generation of Monomakhovichs was especially amicable in clearing away the lands in the western half of the Leningrad Region, which surrounded Klev; trying not to let a single city slip out of his hands. But already Mstislav, and perhaps his father Vladimir, could not help but understand that only then could he firmly establish himself in the West, only then could he begin to count on the constant pressure on rich Novgorod, when he got rid of the enemy in the sFver® - the Polotsk princes. A continuous struggle, the primal cruelty of which is absent in our ancient history, the struggle of Monomakh with the Polotsk princes, does not imply other feuds, as they wanted to unite the Smolensk and Rostov-Suzdal lands into one territory with Vev and Dregovichi and thus take Novgorod into their own hands. Of course, the old, if not epic, reason for the struggle between the Yaroslavichs and the Rogvolodovichs could not take place here. Vladimir Monomakh, taking revenge for every attack on the Smolensya land, zealously left behind Turovsya. He did not succeed or did not dare to take away the udfls from the Rogvolodovichs; He managed to at least separate them from the Dzpr by occupying Orsha and Kopys. By taking away these cities, he managed to significantly separate Polotsk from the great waterway, undermine their trade, and thus ensure and strengthen the trading of his region. His son Mstislav turned out to be more powerful than his father. The pretext for the struggle, which is put forward by the chronicle, wanting to disguise the purely personal aspirations of an active representative of the Monomakh family, the reason for the struggle in the kingdom of which “Rogvolozhi vnutsi take the sword,” is more deeply founded. Metislavt, with one decisive blow, wanted to achieve what his father could not achieve with a long struggle. He expels the Polotsk princes and places on their throne the most powerful of his sons, the most capable of supporting the aspiration of his father, Izyaslav. He had not yet established himself in the Polotsk volosts when the Prince of the Left undertook a great campaign against Lithuania. What kind of Lithuania this was is not clear from the promises of the campaign, nor is the reason for the campaign visible. But the latter will be clear if we remember that the Polotsk princes were there. Art. Lntovsky cha:
T. KRIVICHOKA AND TRAGOVICHBKOY LAND BEGINNING. HP st. 97