Thus, the Rostislavichs happily emerged from a very dangerous situation. This event was of great significance for the Rus' of that time: it freed southern Rus' from the proud claims of the Suzdal princes. It must be noted that at this time the power-hungry Prince Andrei was obviously trying to subjugate the Russian princes; He had long ago seriously deviated from the ancient custom of Russian princes: he did not allow the boyars and squads to take any part in the government, and treated them extremely cruelly. Ov not only expelled the boyars who opposed him, but even decided to expel Bishop Leon. Prince Andrei Yuryevich sought to seize unlimited power and rule over the princes. Then the princes did not have the strength to resist; they were too weak, their possessions were small and ruined, they themselves lacked courage; It was impossible for the weak prince to assemble an alliance against Andrei: every ally was afraid of defeat. We see that after the breakup the Rostislavichs were left alone without allies; even Roman was forced to send his regiment; and between them all the princes followed Andrei. In the previous struggle, there was a big voice between the Imfli Noev and Zhevskoye Vche, but after its destruction, which was of great importance in establishing Andrei’s power, this significance falls; So Yuevsky remains only honorary and, moreover, is given to the princes either Andrei or Rostislavich. The Ekev princedom itself lost all power; it was divided into smaller parts: Vyshgorod, B%lgorod, Dregovichi, Trepol, etc., which were the leading fortresses of the Kev principality. If we also take into account the situation of the then Rus', then the victory of the Rostislavichs over the Suzdal prince was more significant in liberating Rus' from his power. She was also named after the prince, which later became the name of the prince. 1175 As for the Rostislavichs, they, after becoming the ruler of Suzdal, reoccupied their volosts, giving Yuev to Yaroslav of Lutsk. They, obviously, came to terms with Andrei that same year and even asked him to give Yuev to Roman 116).;
In the year of the death of Andrei of Suzdal, Roman died, leaving his son Yaroslav in Smolensk; young prince 'not lasted a long time on his father's table; it is unknown why Smolnan did not like him, and why they expelled him that same year, inviting his uncle Mstislav 11"),
The novel also did not stay in Kev for long. A clash occurred between the Rostislavichs and Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich of Chernigov, during which, although Svyatoslav fled before the battle, the Rostislavichs, not wanting, according to the closed record, to destroy the Russian land and shed Christian blood, gave Kev to Svyatoslav; Roman returned to Smolensk (1177) 118).
Soon after the events described, Roman, an elder from Rostislavich, who had been married since 1148 to the daughter of Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich, died in Smolensk (1180). He was a tall man, broad-bald, with a handsome face; The people of Smolensk sincerely mourned their prince, who was distinguished by his gentleness and kindness. Free Smolensk more than once caused him great trouble; once even expelled, during his absence, his son Yaropolk, but he meekly endured the insults of the citizens. despite the fact that he, as an elder from the Monomakh tribe, could have ruled Kev, he did not achieve this table; He himself left Kev when he realized that his stubbornness could lead to a devastating war. He was not at all distinguished by his belligerence, but was remarkable for his piety: for example, he built the stone church of St. Toanna 120); Talishchev even reports that Roman especially tried to spread education, establish schools, etc. 121). This is how his chronicles characterize him.
Roman's death coincided with the beginning of the struggle of the remaining Rostislavichs Rurik and David with Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich.
127) Ip., 406, 407. In Ip., the record from the occupied Kleva by Roman is defeated! at the end of 1175, the ambassador heard about the expulsion of Yaropolk and the occupation of Mstislav Smoleysk. He will lose his mind. Roman first left Smolensk, and then the residents expelled his son. The inconsistency of the text apparently occurred because the compiler copied one of the texts from another source, for example. I know about the expulsion from the true Smolensk photo-painting.
121) East. state r., t. Sh, r. 238.