Biography of Rostislav Vladimirovich

Twitna - Prince Tmutorkansky, the son of the eldest son of Yaroslav the Wise - Prince of Novgorod Vladimir Yaroslavich - was born in the year. Since Vladimir Yaroslavich died before his father-in a year, when the inheritance after Yaroslav the Wise Wise, Prince Rostislav Vladimirovich, as a “outcast”, who lost her seniority, could not count on receiving a major inheritance, but was supposed to limit the subordinate position of the prince of one volost that the senior relatives will give him.

The latter initially gave Rostislav Vladimirovich the Rostov destiny, then in the year they transferred him to Vladimir-Volynsky and, finally, in the year-to Novgorod. There he reigned up to a year, when, with two births, famous people and a whisper, the son of the Novgorod Posadnik Ostromi, "fled", in the expression of the annals, in Tmutorkan. In Tmutorkan, then his cousin reigned - Gleb Svyatoslavich; Rostislav expelled the latter from there and took possession of the reign.

Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, Prince Chernihiv, came to the aid of his son then with his army. Rostislav, according to the annals, "retreat except over there from the city, did not fear him, but not even against the Stryevi dads to take the weapons." Svyatoslav again introduced his son to the Princess, but as soon as he retired home, Rostislav again expelled Gleb and finally established himself in Tmutorkani.

From here he made campaigns on neighboring Kasogs and Yasov, conquered them and forced him to pay tribute. Such energetic activity seemed dangerous to the Greeks who sent to Rostislav the Korsunsky chief Kotopan; Rostislav accepted him very cordially, as an ambassador of a friendly state. But once, as the chronicler narrates, “I will drink Rostislav with my friend, and Kotopan: Prince, I want to drink it.

The same river: Piy. He, having drunk half, and half give it to Prince Pete, leaning his finger into a chalk: having a mortal poison under his fingernail.” This poison was supposed to work on the eighth day. Kotopan, returning to Korsun, announced that on such and such a day of February, Rostislav would die, which happened. For this, Korsun residents beat Kotopan with stones, afraid of Russian revenge, since, according to the chronicle, Rostislav enjoyed common love; He was kind to Rati and merciful to the wretched, tall and handsome.

Rostislav was married to the daughter of the Hungarian king and had three sons from her, of which the youngest - Vasilko - is known for his tragic fate. After the death of Rostislav, the widow wished him to return to Hungary, to her father; Grand Duke Izyaslav Yaroslavich agreed to let her go, but she kept her sons in Rus'. Rostislav was buried in the church of St. The Virgin in Tmutorkani.

Soloviev, History of Russia since ancient times, ed. II, p. III, p. V, p. VII, p. IX, p. XV, p. Ikonnikov, experience of Russian historiography, vol. II, p,,,,,; I. Nekhachin, historical dictionary of Russian sovereigns, princes, etc.