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Let's move on to the condition of the locks; During the audit, they were far from being able to boast of strength and serviceability; in some, much was unfinished and abandoned, in others, the neglected structures had the most pitiful appearance. Vanevsy Castle “is dilapidated, rotten and there is a lot of life in it, it’s difficult not only to defend it, but also to guard it, 60 there’s no point in walking on forms: it’s not fallen, otherwise the ice will sway from the wind”; the houses are rotten, the cache has collapsed 3). Potey wrote something similar about the Vinnitsa castle: “about the robot in that castle I would be glad to write, which mayor is kind, and which is dashing and in order to be corrected, otherwise there is nothing to praise in this castle: all fallen and rotten, and the smearing has all fallen off, not on the poles, just like a smack, and no shoots, no doors to. forms n®t“*). In the Vladimir Castle, out of 70 goroden and 5 balens, 20 goroden and 4 towers are “dashing”: “then everything will need to be straightened” 5). In the Lutsk roundabout castle “Indians are gone, but there are no doors, &

1) Eg. see Pamatn. PU. 2. 81 (Lutsk). 2) Memorial THAT. 2. 145-7.

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ed do not want to work" and the like. 1). The procedure was even more complicated when all the peasants had to do some kind of work; each example, I will cite the order of Bishop Falchevsky regarding the reconstruction of the tower in Vladimir, which had given a crack: for the construction, timber and timber from 10 peasants should be contributed, from 20 - matza (a measure of 4 crusts) of flour and a penny of Lyadsky from the head. Prince Bogdan Kurtsevich was chosen for the premium of contributions and production of the work, he will issue receipts and report on the use of the contributions received, the nobleman Soltanovich, sent by the king to supervise the work, will be “disobedient.” “trabiti” (to confiscate), from this “robbery” they will give out the following for work, and half a groschen will be “detkovannya, hold the web”). Such a complex procedure was understood with little work! Confiscation was indeed sometimes the only means of collecting duties, it is not for nothing that the townsfolk of Kremenets ask their mayor to send “a special nobleman, a Gospodar, who would motson not only the lesser 0sobs, but also the senior princes, who would break out of those robots, could be screwed and rob" 3)..

Finally, they also complain about the lack of inspections, that “due to negligence and neopatren the platforms, pillars have been driven in, or blocks have been prepared for defense, then the NFT in the house is someone who steals and burns and sells and insults and thunderstorms NFT (Lutsk)”); This was not surprising given the absence of permanent officials.

kov, about which the population complained. Similar riots occurred in Braslav 5).

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1) So eg. Headman Vladishreyu once declared that although he had 6610 in this volost, he “is not guilty of timidity for the reason, and inshy not to be timid.” Monuments G/. 2.75.