Thus, the Turov land, which in the previous century had quite an important significance, as the most important part of Vlevskaya, would pass to Vyacheslav, the elder Monomakhovich, and judging by the analogues, could receive significant or even complete independence. But Vyacheslav did not manage to approve it; The reason for the failure is almost likely to be partly due to the fact that this prince did not leave a descendant whose homeland would be the Turov region, like the land of other Monomashichs. Meanwhile, the Turov region was left without a direct patrimonial heir (in the ancient Russian meaning6); The Lev princes, being more powerful, but at the same time temporary owners of the grand-ducal lands, try not to let this region out of their hands, which serves them to satisfy their allies.
Only at the beginning of the second half of the 1st century. we see attempts to isolate the Turov land. The initiator of this movement came from outside and although, as it seems, he enjoyed the support of the population, he began to act decisively at that time, when princely internecine strife decreased, when Rus', weakened by a long struggle,
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fight, I finished all my big scores. Yuri Yaroslavich is the one who brought this up.
Svyatopolk Izyaslavich, as is known, was the father of four sons (Mstislav, Yaroslav, Bryachislav and Izyaslav). Three of them died without leaving offspring; The identities of the princes Bryachislav and Izyaslav are unknown. Yaroslav is known as his father’s loyal assistant in relations with the Ugrians, a prince in Vladimir in Volyn, fought for a long time with Monomakh for his prince and finally died in this fight. He left two sons - Vyacheslav and Yury. We saw the first one as the Kletsk udfl prince during the 1128 campaign of Mstislav against Polotsk. VFroyatno, and Yur owned some insignificant udfl like his brother, in Pripyat before his appearance in Turov. We only know about him; that in 1144 he married the daughter of Vsevolod Olgovich 88).
In 1158 we see Yuri Yaroslavich already in the capacity of the Prince of Turov. How he mastered Turov is unknown. But this city was not his homeland and, perhaps, he took advantage of the opportunity that came at the end of Prince Yury of Rostov during the occupation of No. Mev by Izyaslav Davidovich. In the village itself, in 1155, Turov was owned by the son of the Rostov prince Boris 89). It is difficult to imagine that the Prince of Rostov, having taken possession of Kev, would release this city from his hands, either as a result of a struggle or voluntarily. In any case, Izyaslav Davidovich considered the ownership of Yuri Yaroslavich Turov illegal and, wanting to attract the powerful Monomakhovichs to his side, he decided to take Turov for one of them, Vladimir Mstislavich. But now there is a noticeably interesting phenomenon in this area. Despite the fact that Izyaslav came to the city with a huge army, with princes Yaroslav MLutsky, Yaropolkom Andreevich, Roman Rostislavich, Vladimir Mstislavich, Polochans, Galicians and Berendai, despite the fact that almost all of Rus' had gathered here, the Turovites stood firm, “fighting vigorously.” from the city and had many ulcers,” says the chronicle. Despite the fact that Yuri sent many times to Izyaslav with peace proposals,
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Ivzaslav did not want to retreat at all, seeking ‘Gurov and Pinsk. 'He stayed for 10 weeks, failed to take the city and returned without making peace 55).
It is impossible not to pay attention to the fact that Turov. The most heterogeneous elements of ancient Rus', who were rarely found in an alliance with each other, went and headed under the leadership of Davidovich, who did not know how to cope successfully with the then-policy. Obviously, something was happening in the Turov lands. 060benign movement, against which the princes went. Therefore, ‘no. It is unlikely that this time was a strong upsurge of the people's spirit in the land of Dregovich; Yuri agreed not only with their consent, but, perhaps, at the invitation, which proves the strong defense in the future of this prince, a phenomenon that we had not previously noticed in this area.
The Grand Duke, having not conquered Turov, seems to have made an effort to defend some outlying cities, for example Mozyr, which he offered to Svyatoslav 91).