Svyatoslav, then a prince in VKevf, was going to go against the Suzdal prince Vsevolod Yuryevich because the last betrayal of his son Gl$b. But knowing that the Rostislavichs, especially David Vyshgorod, who had long been hostile to him, would take advantage of this opportunity to attack him, he decided to first capture David and expel Rurik. For this, he chose the time when David was hunting with the princess and a small number of his squad on the banks of the Dnipro. He was also hunting at this time. Svyatoslav planned to attack David’s camp and take him prisoner. He attacked the unsuspecting David, but the latter and his wife escaped in a boat to Bolgorod, to his brother Rurik. Between tfm Svyatoslav looked for him near Vyshgorod. The last few days he did not dare to stay long in Noev, and went to Chernihiv to gather and prepare his brothers and relatives for the upcoming war. Between the 5th, Rurik occupied Yuev, and David went to his brother Roman, where they were expecting an attack. On the way, he was met by ambassadors from Smolensk with sad news about the death of his brother; David left and took the Smolensyu table (1180 rubles, leaving his son Mstislav in Vyshgorod® 122).
Meanwhile, Svyatoslav first went to Suzdal, leaving princes Yaroslav and Igor in Chernigov. These princes wanted to attack Drutsk, where Prince Glb, the son of Rogvolod Borisovich, known to us, lived. Drutsk was then probably under the patronage of the Smolensk princes. Therefore, David hurried with his regiment to Drutsk and locked himself in the city together with Glb.
At the same time, Yaroslav and Igor were joined by the princes of Polotsy: two Vasilkovich brothers, Bryachislav Vitebsk and Vseslav Polotsk, Vseslav Mikulych Logozhsky, in addition Andrei Volodshich, his nephew Izyaslav and Vasilko Bryachislavich; Bryachislav and Vseslav brought with them crowds of Livi and Lithuania. Thus, we see that almost the entire Polotsk land gathered against the Drutsky and Smolensk princes.
David and Glb, as soon as the allied troops approached the city, decided to immediately defeat Yaroslav and Igor; but they expected Svyatoslav with the main forces, and therefore avoided erachewing. They stood on the bank of the Druti, which was inconvenient for attack. R%$ka deflated both troops. From time to time there were small fights between spearmen and archers who went to the market. So the week passed when Svyatoslav finally arrived with the Novgorod army. He immediately wanted to cross Drut. But David realized that he was not strong enough to fight and was sorry to go to Smolensk at night. Then Svyatoslav approached the city, but did not take it, but only burned the advanced fortifications. After this, he released the Novgorodians, and he himself headed overland | to Rogachev, from where we took boats to Kev. Meanwhile, Rurik, having learned about his brother’s failures, moved to B%lgorod 123).
Although Rurik managed to defeat the troops of Svyatoslav, he did not want to occupy No. According to the expression of the chronicle, he was not proud of his victory, but “loved peace more than war; he wanted to live in brotherly love, especially for the sake of Christians, whose blood was shed in slaughter; he, in agreement with his husbands, ceded seniority to Svyatoslav, and took the whole Russian land for himself” 124). However, this shows the very far-sighted policy of the Rostislavichs. They gave Svyatoslav only No. Mev, and they themselves took possession of most of Rus', so that even the closest cities to Klevo—Vyshgorod, Belgorod and Ovruch—were in their power. Thus, in reality they were stronger than Svyatoslav. By the way, if they had not ceded Eev to him, the war could have been dangerous for them; the entire Svyatoslav land and Polotsk were in alliance.
From this time (1180), the struggle between the Rostislavichs and Svyatoslav ceased until the death of the last day (1195). Rus' is directing its efforts to fight the steppe Polovtsians. This struggle had to be waged mainly by Rurik, whose rulers were subjected to the most attacks. Large campaigns are carried out by the great, as he is now called L'topie, Prince Rurik, with Svyatoslav, and sometimes more northern princes also go. Thus, Volynsve and Turov Yurievichs took part in the campaign in 1183: Pinsy Yaroslav, Glb Dubrovnitsyu and Metislav Gorodensvy.