Английская Википедия:Boris Vyacheslavich
Шаблон:Family name hatnoteШаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox royalty Boris Vyacheslavich (Шаблон:Lang-uk, Шаблон:Lang-ru) was Prince of Chernigov for eight days in 1077. He was the son of Vyacheslav Yaroslavich, Prince of Smolensk. Following his father's death in 1057, the child Boris was debarred from his inheritance. He died fighting against his unclesШаблон:MdashVsevolod Yaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov and Izyaslav Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of KievШаблон:Mdashon 3 October 1078.
Early life
Boris was the son of Vyacheslav Yaroslavich, Prince of Smolensk, a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev.Шаблон:Sfn According to the historian Martin Dimnik, Boris was a child when his father died in 1057.Шаблон:Sfn Boris became an izgoiШаблон:Mdasha member of the Rurik dynasty debarred from rulingШаблон:Mdashafter his father's death, because his uncle, Igor Yaroslavich succeeded his father in Smolensk.Шаблон:Sfn Boris's allegedly close relationship with his cousins, Oleg Svyatoslavich and Roman Svyatoslavich implies that their father, Sviatoslav Iaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov appeased Boris "in some manner, undoubtedly, by giving him a town",Шаблон:Sfn according to Martin.
In Chernigov
Upon the death of Sviatoslav Yaroslavich in 1077, his brothers Vsevolod Yaroslavich and Izyaslav Yaroslavich started a bitter rivalry over the Kievan throne.Шаблон:Sfn Vsevolod left Chernigov and headed towards Izyaslav, who had set out on a military campaign against Kiev.Шаблон:Sfn Boris took advantage of his uncle's absence and seized control of Chernigov.Шаблон:Sfn He only managed to remain in power for eight days and then had to flee to Tmutarakan upon hearing the news of Vsevolod's return.Шаблон:Sfn
In Tmutarakan
In Tmutarakan, Boris was accepted by his cousin, Prince Roman Svyatoslavich.Шаблон:Sfn The two were soon joined by Roman's brother, Oleg, who had been banished by his uncles from the Principality of Vladimir.Шаблон:Sfn Boris and Oleg allied themselves with the Cumans and attacked Vsevolod on the Sozh River, defeating his army in a bloody battle and capturing Chernigov on 25 August 1078.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Soon, Vsevolod and Izyaslav were able to muster a new army with the help of their sons and headed for Chernigov.Шаблон:Sfn
Boris and Oleg had already left the city by the time Vsevolod and Izyaslav approached it, but the citizens of Chernigov closed the gates and prepared for the siege.Шаблон:Sfn The attackers burned the outer parts of the city and wanted to proceed further, but received the news on Oleg and Boris coming to Chernigov's rescue.Шаблон:Sfn Oleg tried to convince his cousin Boris not to seek direct confrontation with the four princes, but Boris decided to take them on.Шаблон:Sfn Boris died in a fierce battle "at a place near a village on the meadow of Nezhata"[1] on 3 October, according to the Primary Chronicle.Шаблон:Sfn
References
Sources
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- The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (Translated and edited by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor) (1953). Medieval Academy of America. Шаблон:ISBN.
External links
- ↑ Primary Chronicle (year 6586), p. 166.
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