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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

13. and reports his death in 1258 (fol. 167r, 20).
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

12. Also, the “Laurentian Chronicle” mentions him as being alive in 1252:
Санкт-Петербург, Российская национальная библиотека (Saint Petersburg, National Library of Russia), F.п.IV.2, fol. 166rb, 16.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

11. Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 181, p. 320, 26.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

10. et ducem Olaha, qui exstat (recte: exibat), et societatem ipsius
= When we was leaving Comania, we met prince Roman with his retinue entering the Tartar territory, while prince Oleg with his retinue was leaving it.”

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

9. or area beyond the Voronezh River.

Unlike the other princes mentioned, Oleg Ingvarevich survived the subsequent Mongol invasion.
John of Plano Carpini seemed to have seen him in May 1247:
“Et in exitu Comanie invenimus ducem Romanum, qui intrabat ad Tartaros, et societatem ipsius,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

8. In their translation, Michell and Forbes perceived Voronezh as a city and Nuzla (or Nukhla, as the name is written a few lines below) as a river.
In reality, the Novgorod chronicler meant the Voronezh River. The city of Voronezh did not exist at that time. While Nuzla was a small fortress

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

7. went out to meet them to Voronazh. And the Knyazes said to them: ‘Only when none of us remain then all will be yours.’”
The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016–1471 / Michell, Robert; Forbes, Nevill (tr.). London: Offices of the Society, 1914, p. 81.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

6. a sorceress and two men with her, demanding from them one-tenth of everything: of men and Knyazes and horses – of everything one-tenth. And the Knyazes of Ryazan, Gyurgi, Ingvor’s brother, Oleg, Roman Ingvorevich, and those of Murom and Pronsk, without letting them into their towns,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

5. “That same year foreigners called Tatars came in countless numbers, like locusts, into the land of Ryazan, and on first coming they halted at the river Nukhla (or Nuzla), and took it, and halted in camp there. And thence they sent their emissaries to the Knyazes (princes) of Ryazan,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

4. ‘олна насъ всехъ не будеть, тоже все то ваше будеть.’”
Москва, Государственный исторический музей (Moscow, State Historical Museum), Син. 786, fol. 121r, 6.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

3. и в людехъ, и въ князехъ, и въ конихъ, во всякомь десятое. Князи же Рязаньстии Гюрги, Инъгворовъ братъ, Олегъ, Романъ Инъгоровичь, и Муромьскы /fol. 121v/ и Проньскыи, не въпустяче къ градомъ, выехаша противу имъ на Воронажь. И рекоша имъ князи:

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

2. “В то лето придоша иноплеменьници, глаголемии Татарове, на землю Рязаньскую, множьство бещисла, акы прузи; и первое пришедше и сташа о Нузле, и взяша ю, и сташа станомь ту. И оттоле послаша послы своя, жену чародеицю и два мужа с нею, къ княземъ рязаньскымъ, просяче у нихъ десятины во всемь:

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 23h

1. The “Novgorod First Chronicle of the Older Redaction” about the negotiations of the Riazan’ and other princes with the Mongols in the autumn of 1237, a couple of months before the Mongol invasion of the Riazan’ principality.

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

10. after which he fled beyond the Volga and was overtaken and executed by the Mongols on the Sit’.
The choice between the two versions depends on the degree of patriotic fervor.

Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

9. Thus, according to the Rostov chronicler, the prince found himself surrounded in a military camp on the Sit’ river, but did not lose heart and died bravely in a fierce battle.
In turn, the Novgorod chronicler claims that the Mongols took the prince by surprise in Iaroslavl’,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

8. And they caught up with him on the Sit’ river. And he bid farewell to life here. But God knows how he died, because others say different things about him.”
Москва, Государственный исторический музей [Moscow, State Historical Museum], Син. 786, fol. 124r, 1.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

7. sent Dorozh to reconnoiter with three thousand men, and Dorozh came running back and said: ‘They have already surrounded us, prince.’ And the prince began to line up his army next to him. However, behold, the Tatars suddenly arrived. And the prince did not have time to do anything and fled.

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

6. князь же не успевъ ничтоже, побеже; и бы на реце Сити, и постигоша и, и животъ свои сконча ту. Богъ же весть, како скончася: много бо глаголють о немь инии
= In turn, others [Tatars] chased after prince Iurii in Iaroslavl’. Prince Iurii, for his part,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

5. The “Novgorod First Chronicle of the Older Redaction”:
“Инии же погнашася по Юрьи князи на Ярославль. Князь же Юрьи посла Дорожа въ просокы въ 3-хъ 1000-хъ; и прибежа Дорожь, и рече: ‘а уже, княже, обишли нас около’. И нача князь полкъ ставити около себе, и се внезапу татарове приспеша;

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

4. And prince Iurii was killed here.”
Санкт-Петербург, Российская национальная библиотека [Saint Petersburg, National Library of Russia], F.п.IV.2, fol. 162rb, 25.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

3. after he heard about this, prince Iurii went against the pagans together with his brother Sviatoslav and his nephews Vasil’ko, Vsevolod and Vladimir and with his people. Both sides clashed with each other, and there was a fierce battle, and our people fled before the foreigners.

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

2. Василком и Всеволодом, и Володимером, и с мужи своими поидоша /fol. 162va/ противу поганым. И сступишася обои, и бысть сеча зла. И побегоша наши пред иноплеменникы. И ту убьенъ бысть князь Юрьи
= And the godless Tatars went to the Sit’ against the great prince Iurii. For his part,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 2d

1. Two different accounts of the death of prince Iurii Vsevolodich of Vladimir on March 4, 1238.

#mongolsky
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The “Laurentian Chronicle”:
“И поидоша безбожнии татарове на Сить противу великому князю Гюргю. Слышав же князь Юрги с бротом (recte: братом) своимъ Святославоми с сыновци своими,

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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 3d

10. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 7082, fol. 96v, 16.
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Roman Hautala @romanhautala.bsky.social · 3d

9. Casimir’s claims to Halychyna are rather unconvincingly substantiated here by the fact his wife was the sister of Euphemia/Ofka, the wife of the late prince Iurii II Boleslav.

Other manuscripts:

Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 3445, fol. 294, 26.
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