Rostislav Mstislavich Biography

Rostislav Mstislavich - the first Smolensk prince, son of Mstislav, grandson of Vladimir Monomakh. Five years before his death, in the year, Mstislav planted his eldest son Izyaslav Prince in Kursk, and Rostislav in Smolensk. Rostislav was the best guardian of folk veche rights. The particularly characteristic feature of the Smolensk principality was the perfect fusion of the princely squad with the Zemshchina, who took an active part in all social and political affairs here.

The Smolensk princes themselves enjoyed very limited rights.

Mstislavich did not limit the rights of the earth, but, on the contrary, in all matters he himself began to rely on her. At first, his reign in Smolensk, the young prince in everything obeyed the orders of his father; Even the initiative of the struggle of the Smolnyans with the Polotsk princes belongs not to R. Features of personal temperament attracted R. Mstislavovich to peaceful, organizational activity.

The whole essence of his reign was that he "arranged" the Principality of Smolensk. To unite the Politically Smolensk Krivichi, to make the Smolensk region rich, strong and independent of other principalities - this was the purpose of his domestic policy. For this, he formed a special principality from the Smolensk region and began to be called the Grand Duke Smolensk.

His principality concluded within its limits, except for the current Smolensk province, part of the Pskov Toropetsky district, half of the Mogilevskaya, part of the Vitebsk, Tverskaya Rzhevsky and Ostashkovsky districts, the Moscow Mozhaisky district and Kaluga. Surrounded on all sides by the Russian lands, the Principality of Smolensk, by its very geographical position, was spared from constant wars with foreign tribes.

In the year, R. Mstislavich decided to inform the space of all lands and lands that were in the use of the Smolnyans, as well as the number of cities, grades, villages, crafts, trade, in order to more accurately and more uniformly distribute the amount of tax that the Principality of Smolensk could pay him. For this, he gathered in Smolensk a veche, consisting of representatives of all cities and villages; The result was the result of the meeting on September 30, the well -known “charter” given by Smolensk Bishopia.

Further, R. in Smolensk itself, in other cities and villages in its time, book storages of secular and spiritual literature appeared. In the year, Kyivians invited R. in order not to submit to the Smolnyans, the Novgorodians and Kyivians, to reproach him in the pursuit of autocracy and out of respect for folk rights and customs, R. and if so, the grace of the imam to you. "Obviously leaving the Smolnyans, R.

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