PEREYASLAVL CRISIS OF THE 1130S AND THE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH RUSSIA

Abstract

The article analyzes the events around Pereyaslavl Russky after Mstislav the Great's decease in 1132. A pooled analysis of chronicle information allows the conclusion that the main reason for the struggle for Pereyaslavl rooted in intrafamilial dissents between Monomakh's elder (the Vladimirovichs) and younger (the Mstislavichs) descendants. The struggle was taking place against the background of the Chernigov dynasty's aspirations to regain its status, undermined by the decisions of the Council of Liubech in 1097. Eventually, the Pereyaslavl crisis led to the ultimate changes of relationship among the Russian princes and determined its development till the late XIIth century.