Biography of the Sons of Nevsky

And he changed-seriously, for real. It was a flexible, constantly developing personality. A person who is capable of sin, but also on sincere repentance and rise from the depths of sin. The commander from God, for a long time gaining experience in his and other people's defeats, and then suddenly soared for a majestic flight over the battlefields, where he over and over again exceeded circumstances in his favor and pulled out the victory.

The sovereign, putting on the head of the thorns of the thorns of the ruler of the charred firebracks and pulled his land from the ashes, chaos, ruin. The longer he lived, the wider the circumstances of his reign were. The higher he climbed, the harder he had to. But Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, as a Russian person, harnessed to WHO, did not refuse the cargo and chose the right paths, neglecting the ways of the lungs.

In the fate of the prince, there is an omen of the works, victories and torment of his son, Alexander Nevsky. Both happiest survived in those years when life forced them to be primarily by commanders, to go from battle to battle, raising a sword, not to spare themselves in long campaigns. Both ascended the Garie Glasse table under the smell of Gary and everywhere seeing the unheated ash around him.

Both have accepted a lot of grief and hardships with the highest power. Both honestly carried the burden of government to the grave. And even died in similar circumstances. The father seemed to serve as a scout of life for his son ... The first two decades in the life of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich went in the shadow of his father. The great autocracy Vsevolod was a large nest, used his son as a figure in chess of big politics.

He moved, where necessary, shot from the board when the circumstances demanded that. He again put it to another cage if there was a need to take a position with a faithful person. Yaroslav Vsevolodovich Ottsova, a large game brought distant, unreliable princely destinies, great trials and the opportunity to gain experience as a politician and commander. He was born in the year and Vsevolod a large nest as an heir was not required: the fifth son, at the time of birth, the third ...

no hopes for the great reign. But for a policy in the south of Rus', the lad Yaroslav turned out to be an excellent tool. Vsevolod did not want to occupy Kyiv, although he had the right to do so. He was looking for another: to influence political situation in southern Rus', to have his own bridgeheads there. In his allies, he went to the Smolensk princes-Rostislavichi, in enemy-Chernihiv Olgovichi, as well as Ryazan.

The huge Galician-Volyn land, which lived a stormy, changeable life, had both allies and opponents of Vsevolod. At the age of ten, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich went to reign in the rich city of Pereyaslavl-Russian [1], the third “in honor” in the south of Rus'-after Kyiv and Chernigov. Father married him on the Polovtsian princess, looking for the son of allies in the steppe. The marriage took place when Yaroslav was fourteen years old.

Polovka died without giving her husband the children. The independent actions of the prince-play at first did not bring him good luck. Galich Yuzhny, a rich city, eminent, called Yaroslav to his reign. He consulted for a long time with relatives and allies and to so extent that the city invited another prince-from among the Olgovichi enemies. As soon as the next Olgovich sat on reigning in Kyiv, Yaroslav had to leave his reign: the strong opponent now did not want him to sideways.

From the whole long South Russian epic, only one event turned out to be truly useful for the young prince. Together with the senior princes from among the allies of his father, he went to the steppe against the Polovtsy. This large -scale campaign of the year has brought success. The coalition of the South Russian princes managed to inflict defeats and recapture Russian captives in several battles.

For a novice commander, experience is truly invaluable. So, the south of Rus' did not give Yaroslav Vsevolodovich neither glory nor authority. Rather, it is clear that it acts as a slow -minded firing. But in the south, he is still very young and learns to reign. In the year, his father gave him another distant reign - Ryazan. Moreover, the reigning is dangerous: the Ryazans were the traditional opponents of the Vsevolodov family.

Ryazan fought with Vladimir a stubborn struggle. It turned out to be conquered, but did not resigned. Rebel, was suppressed, but the sparks of the rebellion smoldered and smoldered in the cooled, seemingly stove of the Ryazan fury. Shortly before the Ryazan reign went to Yaroslav, his father learned about a new threat from Ryazan. The princes local negotiations with Chernigov, who were in hostile relations with the power of Vsevolod.

The prince went to the Ryazan region with the troops, took the city of Pronsk, near the walls of Ryazan he was barely bewildered not to take the city on the shield, took the entire Ryazan princely house in the shackles and only then approved Yaroslav as the ruler of his son Yaroslav. In other words, the parent endowed the offspring of power over a deadly place. What was the young prince for the Ryazan?

The last chance. The Ryazans did not obey. New subjects, kissing the Cross, rebelled and betrayed the painful death of the trusted people of the young prince-chuzhak: they were bombarded with the earth alive in the cellars.Then Vsevolod returned, escorted the Ryazans from their city, ordering to take some property with him, and then burned Ryazan to the ground. The prince deprived of the wool of the townspeople drove to Vladimir as captives.

In this story, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich did not smash: he survived himself and called his father with help in time. By the time the prince felt the last period, the six sons survived to the elderly. And the debt before the birth demanded that the offspring with honor and wealth. Therefore, give them reign. The eldest son, Konstantin, did not want the division of the Vladimir-Suzdal land into parts, demanded the whole power.

But the parent, sucking, decided differently. And then Konstantin received from his father the city of Rostov and Yaroslavl, and Yuri - Suzdal, Vladimir, the capital of the principality and formal championship among the descendants of Vsevolod, although he was inferior to Constantine for years. So the enraged father in the year, on his deathbed, punished his obstinate son.

Konstantin showed state insight, but went against family foundations, against his father’s will and during the life of his parent did not want to soften ... The next son, Yaroslav, went to Pereslavl-Zalessky. A significant city, rich, growing. In other words, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich got an honorary inheritance, albeit not paramount in his meaning. Shortly after the death of Vsevolod Yuryevich, his sons were struck.

Several times they raised their weapons against each other - their native brothers! To the time being, the will of the father and the will of the earth itself held on the throne of Yuri Vsevolodovich. Konstantin was entrenched in Rostov, and he could not take Vladimir to take himself to himself. But he could not calm down. At that time, the fate of Yaroslav at that time was broken for the first time: a gradually gaining mind and experience was replaced by a proud and bold, swift and cruel in his actions.

In the year, a decisive battle took place on the Lipitsa River. On one side is the Grand Duke of Vladimir Yuri with his brother Yaroslav, on the other - Konstantin with the leader of the Novgorod army Mstislav the Bad, a well -known commander. Yuri and Yaroslav then suffered a complete defeat and retained the significance of large figures in northeastern Rus' only thanks to the mercy of Constantine.

Here is the next turning point in the life of Yaroslav: his audacity and pride are broken by humility. Up to a year, the prince quietly sat in his Pereslavl and did not intervene in the affairs of great politics. He experienced a severe defeat, comprehended his sad fate ... The world was established for some time in the heart of the prince. But then the Novgorodians called him to his reign, and Yaroslav Vsevolodovich changed for the third time.

The government, who has grown up, was a wildly good as a commander. As if a completely different person went into the field, attacked and mercilessly smashed the enemy. So, in the year, Yaroslav Vsevolodovich defeated a huge Lithuanian army, invading Novgorod lands. The prince chased the Litvin with the squad and the Novgorod boyar militia, overtook the town and defeated the prey and Russian captives.

Thousands of invaders remained lying on the battlefield ... A year later, Yaroslav went with the Novgorodians to the Finnish tribe of Em. Then he successfully repulsed the response. In the year, he appeared under the city of Yuryev, captured by German knights with the Novgorod and Pereyaslavl regiments. Not far from Yuryev, the Germans received a terrible blow from them.

The knights retreated to the ice rivers of the Embas. In a new hot battle, the German army was defeated. The heavily armed riders fell under the ice and drowned. Those who have saved their lives fled. The Germans were forced to soon go to the world with Novgorod. They accepted all the conditions dictated by the winners. The outstanding commander-father raised the great commander-son, since he hung up talent from his own experience.

True, his military gift turned out to be Ishmaran with blood: even the Lipitan massacre did not fully tear out the hope of success in internecine wars from his heart. The brothers burned and ruined the Chernigov principality, not knowing mercy. It would seem that the star of the energetic, brave, ferocious prince-college rises to Zenit. And in the year, the golden -owl Vladimir lies under his feet!