During his last stay in Novgorod, Rostislav had the full opportunity to form a strong party here, which subsequently provided for his life; Svyatopol, obviously, was more or less subordinate to Rostislav during the struggle between Izyaslav and Yurem. Izyaslav, in his well-known speech to Yuevlyans about the campaign against Yury, says: “And take Rostislav there with us, and come to me from Smolnana and Novgorod.” 59) In another case, Izyaslav sends to Rostislav: “and then dress up Novgorod and Smolnyany to hold Gyurg.” 60) It was in 1147, when Svyatopolk was prince in Novgorol. Izyaslav, giving such advice to his brother, understood, of course, that he had the power to “dress up” the Novgorodians, although the last
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the hikes were easy. The commonality of interests with Vev and Smolensk forced the Novgorodians to keep Svyatopolk with them, “whom they did not like “for his malice.”
Thus, the Smolensk party grew in Novgorod, it increased due to the influence of the Smolensk prince and the fact that the last principality was more and more powerful both materially and by military force, and its prince became the eldest prince in Rus', led very successfully diplomatic having intercourse, he himself had already become the first contender for Evsy so much. All this makes Novgorod more and more dependent on Smolensk, especially if we also remember the geographical location of both regions. at
Therefore, it is not surprising that at the first opportunity, the Novtorodtsy elect Rostislav himself as their prince, expelling Yaroslav. The Prince of Smolensk appeared in Novgorod, having not yet managed to put it in order, to pacify the disputing party, who had to go to Noev to take over after the death of his brother Izyaslav. He left his son David, but the citizens expelled him, apparently not having time to cope with the worried city. The chronicle explains the reason for the resentment of the Novgorodians against the Smolensk princes, that “do not create a row for them, but more discord.” 61)
The struggle between the desks, which had died down for a while, flared up again. It is interesting that the Metislavichs strictly adhered to the same policy in Novgorod, starting with Vsevolod. The latter, as is known, was expelled by the Novgorodians for “not watching the stink”; Consequently, he supported the boyars; The opposing party, having gained an advantage, expelled the prince and plundered the houses of many boyars. But subsequently the Mstislavichs adhere to the same policy. When did it start
There was a struggle among the desks! in 1157 under Metislav5 Yuryevich, then trade \ | The other side was for him, with weapons in their hands trying to defend their prince. But the other part of Novgorod, Sofia, is mainly
81) Novgorodskaya Yat., r. 140. In this case, the news of the Tver chronicle is hardly fair, which calls the son of Rostislav left in Novgorod Roman (b. 252), whom, as an elder, his father left to send himself to Smolensk®. Even less true is the information from the Nikon Chronicle, which directly states that the Novgorodians “planted Roman,” without at all mentioning the reign of Rostislav himself. Nikon., r. 198.
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whose representative was the rich boyars, was for Rostislav, now took the lead and brought in the sons of this prince Svyatoslav and David. Thus, Rostislav’s occupation of Novgorod in 1154, when he “disordered” the city, was perhaps unsuccessful because he initially cruelly persecuted the party opposed to the boyars. This time Rostislav was more careful. Appearing three days later, the ambassador of his sons to Novgorod, Rostielav usifl, apparently, reconciled the parties, put the region in order: “and there was no evil,” says the chronicler. 6?) Soon Rostislav again went to his udfl, leaving Svyatoslav in Novgorod, and David in Torzhkz. for protecting the eastern borders of Yura. But there could also be another deeper purpose hidden here: did Rostislav think that from his temporary possession of this city he would subsequently create a permanent part of the Smolensk territory, just as he did in Vitebsk.