At this time, Rostislav's son Glb reigned. When Rogvolod approached, his party in DrutskB took the upper hand; The Polochans also joined the Druchans, inviting the prince. They told him: “Prince, come quickly, don’t hesitate, we are glad to fight for you and with the devils!” More than 300 followers came to meet him, the rest expelled Gl$b, plundered his and his squad’s property. Rogvolod established himself in the most important of the udfls. Then, in Polotsk itself, his followers began to act in favor of their prince. Meanwhile, Rostislav caused unrest in the city, gathered citizens, again forced them to sign the cross, and he himself with his brothers Vsevolod and Volodar went to Rogvolod to Drutsk. But the campaign was unsuccessful, the Druchans tried to fight back and the hostile princes made peace. But the peace was also fragile. Polotsk residents again “svZt zal sv’shasha”; They sent to Rogvolod, urging him to go to Polotsk, apologized for their previous behavior with him and ordered to hand over the Glfbovichs to him. The next day after the evening, citizens invited Rostislav, who was then in the suburban village of Belchitsy, to come to the city, under the pretext that they had some kind of support for him. In reality, they wanted to capture the prince. When the latter had already set off and was not far from the city, one of the children galloped up to him with the news that a rebel had gathered in the city against him and wanted to seize him; then Rostislav returned to Belchitsy, gathered a squad and went to his brother Volodar in Minsk, ruining the country along the way. Rogvolod occupied Polotsk. But he decided to weaken his opponent in order to take away hope from his partners to return. Rogvolod gathered Polotsk, received help from Rostislav of Smolensk, who sent him his sons Roman and Rurik with the Novgorodians and Smolnyans, and went to Minsk. On the way, first of all, he besieged Izyaslavl, in which Vsevolod Glbovich reigned; Afterwards, the prince became friends with Rogvolod and therefore, without long resistance, came to him, reconciling with him. Rogvolod gave it to Izyaslavl to Bryachislav Vasilkovich, and to Vsevolod he gave it to Strfzhev. From here he went to Minsk, besieged Rostislav here, but after 10 days he made peace with him 7”).
7) In., 3383-3541, Gustynekzya, 305, Nikon., 211.
The struggle between Borisovich and the Glebovichs did not stop this time either. The last two did not want to be satisfied with their fatherland and therefore in the same year they attacked the younger Vasilkovichs, Volodsha and Bryachislav, captured them in Izyaslavl and took them to Minsk 8). This circumstance forced Rotvolod to go to Minsk in the summer of the next year, and he took advantage of the help of Rostislav of Smolensky, who sent him 600 horsemen under the command of the governor Zhiroslav Nazhirovich; The Torques soon left, but Rogvolod continued the siege of the city for 6 weeks, until finally, having failed to achieve his goal, he made peace “of his own free will”; The result was the release of the brothers Volodsha and Bryachislav). The struggle between the two lines continued into the next year. Rogvolod again went to Minsk and “create peace” with Rostislav 10).
Finally, Rogvolod decided to fight his opponents one by one. He spoke in 1162. against the most powerful of them, Volodar, and besieged him in his appanage city of Gorodets. Volodar avoided battle during the day, but at night he attacked Polochan and, with the help of Lithuania, inflicted a strong defeat on them. Rogvolod fled to Slutsk, from there he moved to his estate Drutsk, leaving the intention of establishing himself in Polotsk: “But Polotiek cannot be seen, before the multitude of Polochan fell,” explains the chronicle 1). The unsuccessful fight against the Glbovichs weakened the enthusiasm aroused in Polotsk when Rogvolod arrived in Drutsk; the support provided to him by Svyatoslav was insignificant, Rostislav Metislavich also helped him little, and meanwhile the Polotsk people had to endure a painful war with another deprivation that did not want to give up primacy. All this weakened Rotvolod’s party, he realized this and retired to Drutsk, and the Polotsk residents elected Vseslav, Vasilkovich {).
This prince, who had hitherto reigned in Vitebsk, held out during the just described struggle for Polotsk in the capital.
8) Karamzin, P, approx. 407, r. 162. Nazhek at Tatishchev, Sh, 120, repeated and Ekat. Pieces 346, t. U: