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Part 6

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With the occupation of the Kyiv throne by Rostislav, hostile attitudes towards Turov did not stop. Yuri Yaroslavich attacked the neighboring Volyn lands, conquered Putivl, Vyr, but; It seems he returned with a small usivkh 32). Vladimir-Volynsk princes Metislav, Yaroslav and Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Vladimir and Yaropolk Andreevich again attacked Turov, stood under it for one and a half pedels, but returned without any success 9); and only in 1162 a brief information was entered into the record that Rostislav had reconciled with Yurem 3). From this time on, the Monomakhovichs were forever reconciled with Yuri Yaroslavich. The first act of this reconciliation was the marriage of Yaroslav Izyaslavich’s son Vsevolod to Yury’s daughter Maleril 35) in 1167.

This is the last news of the Prince of Turov and it is unknown when he died. But his sons had peaceful relations with the rest of the princes.

30) Ip, 357-8. et) Ip., 341. 9) Ip., 346. 93) Ip., 349. 94) Ip., 356. %) Ip., 361.

new ones don't stop. So, we see a son in 1168. his Gyazba with an army on a campaign near Kanev together with the rest of the princes 96). Two years later, Svatopolk Yurievich took part in the campaign against the Polovtsians 97), and his brother Ivan also took part in the same campaign 98). Svyatopolk took part in the campaigns of Metislav Izyaslavich to Klev in 1171-2 99). Also a service role. Yurievichs occupied the future, until the end of the century. The chronicle does not talk about their internal activities, does not even mention what kind of land each of them owned. Sometimes he simply calls them the princes of Turov and Pinsk. Thus, these princes, by order of Andrei, were in his troops. during the ruin of Yuev 100). Prince Pingxu Yaroslav and his brother Prince Dubrovnitsky (a town in northern Volyn) were on a campaign against Polovtsev with Rurik Rostislavich in 1183 01). The Yuryevichs were also related to the Rostislavichs, they were Shuryas of Rurik 19°).

We have already mentioned the names of Yuri's sons; they were: Svyatopolk, Gleb, Ivan, Yaroslav and Yaropolk 103). You can indicate the positions of three of them. Svyatopolk was the prince of Turov, at least around 1183: this year he had Vladimir Yaroslavich Galician in Turov, expelled by his father 104). Svyatopolk died in 1190 105). The chronicle calls Yaroslav the Prince of Pinsk, as we have already seen, and Glba the Prince of Dubrovnitsk; the last one died in 1195 106).

Yaropolk also had some connection with Pinsk; at least his wedding, which benefited Rurik Rostislavich, took place in this city; Perhaps he was here after the death of Yaroslav.

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The news of our chronicle about the Turov region in the second half of the KhPI century ends with these names. These reports are very scarce. They only give us an indication that at the beginning of the second half of this century, the Turov land, through persistent struggle, managed to break through a separate line of Yuryevichs, descendants of Izyaslav Yaroslavich, who settled in it. But weak in itself, this volost is weakened even more by being divided into appanages, although the Dubrovnitsa appanage was transferred to it from Volyn. The Yuryeviches get along. with the princes of the rest of Rus', but are in a subordinate relationship to THOSE of them, which are the most powerful at the moment.

Things settled down completely differently by the end of the 16th century. villages of Smolensk land. We have already said that Rostislav Mstislavich did a lot for the independence of his principality; he consolidated this independence with his personal position among the princes and the like, that “he was and died the Grand Duke of Knomevsky; in church terms, he made Smolensk independent by establishing a katedra; In economic terms, the Smolensk land became very high under him because, as we have said more than once, he arranged his affairs in such a way that during the most powerful princely feuds - namely. During the struggle between the Monomakhovichs, his principality did not suffer at all from enemy attacks or from frequent campaigns against foreign enemies. All this meant quite a bit if we take into account that many lands, except Suzdal, Ryazan and partly Galician, were positively devastated.