Looking at the struggle of the princes for Polotsk, one cannot help but notice that the princes of Polotsk do not move from one udfla to another, that the sons of Vseslav are already in their own lands. So, we know that Glfb Vseslavich received Minsk and held on to it tightly; His sons also ruled over Minsk and surrounding cities. Polotsk citizens sent Rogvolod to Rostislav Glbovich in Minsk, and he was brought from there. Rostislav, having learned about the izmfn of Polochan, went to Volodar, his brother, in Minsk, this last day, as can be seen from the campaign of 1162, he took possession of Gorodets. The third Glbovich “the name of great love for Rogvolod”, received from him Strzhev, on the north side of the Dvina; Probably, Borisovich wanted to separate the opposing forces and gave the northern city of Naybol to Glfbovich, who was friendly to him. Thus, we see that GlFbovichi from the beginning to the end of HP Art. stick to their father's udFla.
We also rushed for the rest of the surplus. Vasilko Svyatoslavich, who was called to the table by the Polotsk people in 1133, undoubtedly ruled Vitebsk from his father. We see that Vseslav, his son, later became the owner of this inheritance.
40) It is clear from Ipat’s words. lit., r. 406, 360, etc.
Borisovich Rogvolodovich probably received it from his father, Drutsk, whose citizens supported him so willingly and in whom we saw his son Glb Rogvolodovich in 1130, and in 1196 Boris was probably also a son.
It is also possible to see in the mentioned campaign against Drutsk in 1180 Vseslav Mikulich from Logozhsk, a descendant of Bryachislav, the son of David Vseslavich, who ruled this city 41).
Of the rest of the Vseslavichs, Roman and Rostislav, obviously, did not leave offspring, and the two Rogvolodovichs, sent by Msetislav to Gresha (the Nikon Chronicle reports their names - Ivan and Vasimy), obviously did not return from there.
From what has just been said, it is clear that the Nolotsy Udfls, for these or other reasons, received not temporary princes, but permanent princes, which was not the case in other regions of ancient Rus' at this time. This circumstance makes it much easier to understand the reasons for the struggle between the UFVs and the main city. Having received an independent prince who valued the interests of the Udfla, this latter naturally could provide greater resistance to the main city than fighting on his own without a permanent leader. But it is also impossible not to notice that the prince in Udfl Byl is also limited by the power of the local VFCH, as in Polotsk; in case of need, he was the prince’s main assistant. The described cases of struggle represent few such examples. in which the meat is obvious. Prigorodnoye also considered itself competent to choose and remove the prince, which we clearly see in the chronicle’s story about the meetings in Drutsk when Rogvolod Borisovich was invited there and Glfba Rostislavich was expelled.
The appanage princes disposed of their appanages, when dividing their ownership between members of their family, according to the same principle on which appanages were generally divided between the princes of the region: the eldest occupied the best table, the more powerful, the younger - less important. This principle did not have time to develop in relation to the main city of the land - Polotsk, as we have already indicated, but in the suburbs it was almost applied with greater consistency.
So, in fact, Rostislav was an old man, obviously from the Glbovichi, followed by Volodar and Vsevolod. At the time of the election of Rostislav by the Polotsk residents, we saw him in Minsk, but when he left Polotsk, the chronicle says that Rostislav went to Volodar in Minsk. Consequently, during his absence, brother Volodar owned the main city of the Glbovichi district, but when he was forced to leave the main one, we saw Volodar again in Gorodets - undoubtedly a less important district than Minsk. On the other hand, Vseslav Vasilkovich owned Vitebsk before the occupation of Polotsk, but having taken possession of it, he transferred Vitebsk to his brother Brayachislav, as can be seen from the campaign against Drutsk in 1188 (of course, Brachislav could rule Vitebsk only for that insignificant period of time when this city departed from David, then there is around 1180).