Board Vladimir Monomakh accounts for 1112-1125 years.In Kiev principality he sat down, while 60-year-old man, an educated and wise.Maybe that's why the years of his reign are considered the best for the Old Russian state.
One of Rurik
grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, the favorite son of the Grand Prince of Kiev Vsevolod and Byzantine Princess Anna (daughter of Emperor Constantine Monomakh Constantinople) was born in 1053.After maturity, he has been a mainstay father around.Naturally, Vsevolod bequeathed to him the throne of Kiev.But hating strife Vladimir renounced in favor of the great reign cousin Svyatopolk II Izyaslavich as father Vsevolod Monomakh occupy Kyiv throne after the expulsion of his brother Izyaslav.The people of Kiev are not very fond of Svyatopolk and its environment, especially for Friendship with Polovtsy and for the fact that during his loan-sharking has reached unprecedented proportions.
Wise and popular
Immediately after the death of the Kiev prince Monomakh was sent an invitation to a great reign, but he rushed to the capital, because I do not want to violate the succession to the throne, because he thought that over Svyatopolk rule should either Oleg Seversky,or David Chernigov or Jaroslav Muromsky - all descendants of Svyatoslav.He took advantage of the slowness of the people of Kiev, suffering from excessive oppression of Jewish usurers, and the city a rebellion broke out, accompanied by pogroms.Again he sent a messenger to Monomakh.This time he did not hesitate.At Vladimir (his religious name - Basil) to the class of the Kiev throne was the glory of the peacemaker, the winner Polovtsian (he made them 19 peace treaties) and unifier of Russian lands (his sons sat in the big cities - Novgorod, Smolensk and Rostov, and his brother Rostislavreigned in Pereyaslavl).
brilliant start
Board Vladimir Monomakh in any city - Smolensk, 1073-1078, 1078-1094 Chernigov, Pereyaslavl 1094-1113 - was a wise and successful.Rebel Kiev required to rule only Vladimir, whose arrival uprising subsided.But Monomakh figured out its causes in order to avoid disturbances in the future, and significantly cut rates of moneylenders (no higher than 20% per annum) than make life easier for the lower classes."Charter of rezah" was adopted after a long consultation with the representatives of the elite.After the failed din that usury will ultimately harm not only Russia, but also to themselves, it was decided to expel all the Jewish money-lenders out of the country.It stipulates that all acquired property "financiers" can take with them, but never to be returned to Russia.Naturally, many of the Jews adopted Orthodoxy.
second prototype of Vladimir the Red Sun
during the reign of Prince Vladimir Monomakh were the last rise of the Kievan Rus.A successful military leader, a good politician, an educated man and a talented writer, who left behind a literary work, he has provided Russia during a quiet life - Pechenegs were expelled Polovtsi feared robbing Russian land, because in the campaigns against them, the prince relied on the people's militia, and not on themercenaries.He was very popular among the people, his features epic complement the image of Vladimir the Red Sun (the first prototype of his grandfather Vladimir, the Baptist of Russia).The exploits of Ilya Muromets accounted for during the reign of Vladimir Monomakh
Most foreign policy victory
Foreign Policy of the Grand Duke reached its peak when the son of the deceased of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I John II, which forestalled major Russian troops march on Constantinople.Wishing peace with the Kievan Rus, the Greeks willingly took enormous concessions - Monomakh awarded the title of king of the importance of equal basileus of Byzantium.He was presented to the royal clothes, the scepter, orb and crown, the famous and legendary "Monomakh".The Union has been secured dynastic marriage - son of John, the heir Alexei, was married to the granddaughter of the prince of Kiev.Thus, the rule of Vladimir Monomakh was marked by the establishment of a strong Byzantine related Union.
flexible policy
True, warned a campaign to capture Constantinople provided along the route of the Danubian lands, but always for the sake of peace Monomakh could sacrifice something.Therefore, these lands were for the Byzantines.After struggling with Minsk Prince Gleb and his capture of these lands were friendly Kiev - it recognized its sovereignty.The undoubted advantages include the fact that during the reign of Vladimir Monomakh three quarters of all Russian lands were concentrated in his hands.With all its neighbors, which by treaty, and where - the military, have been concluded worldwide.So, the rebellion was suppressed in Volyn, ruled by the son Svyatopolk comes in-law Vladimir, Yaroslav.He turned his yard into a hostile Kiev lair.It ran as the Jewish moneylenders and all kinds of eternal enemies of Russia.A large army of Czechs, Hungarians, Poles headed to Kiev.Men went out to meet him Mstislav Vladimirovich.Yaroslav himself had already been killed by Russian soldiers during the siege of Volyn.To assist the deceased was illogical, enemy forces retreated.
increase in power of Russia
Neither the Volga Bulgars, the flotilla which was defeated Russian soldiers, nor the inhabitants of the Baltic States and Finland, regularly pays tribute not to raid the Russian lands during the reign of Vladimir Monomakh.All this gave the opportunity to do landscaping State.Build churches, expanded trade, began to coin money, translated books with Byzantine language, began to open schools in which children were given training in the best families.Being an educated man and a gifted writer, Vladimir left to posterity his works - "Instructions" and "The Way."In addition, Nestor, a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra creates a "Tale of Bygone Years" (1117).Board Vladimir Monomakh in Kiev turned the city into a major commercial and cultural center.He left a good memory for centuries, and an example of government that makes a country prosperous.About it speak well not only written in the years of his reign, "The Tale of Bygone Years", but in the Ipatiev Chronicle and "Word of the destruction of the Russian land."And after his death, some of his descendants was crowned king "Cap of Monomakh".
Start of Vladimir Monomakh had on April 20, 1113, and ended May 19, 1125, the day of his death.When Vladimir Monomakh widespread dynastic marriages.He intermarried all his many children with almost all the crowned heads of Europe.Marriages and children khans.
Results reign
strong power to be reckoned with neighbors left behind Vladimir Monomakh, the results of the board which can be summed as follows.The main achievement was to end raids Polovtsy, ruining the country.The authority of Russia has increased incredibly, after defeating them.Its further growth contributed to a balanced foreign policy and dynastic marriages.Monomakh strengthened the centralization of power, and thus he was able to keep full control over all the cities and trade routes of Russia.As a consequence of the termination of civil strife and the onset of peace began to develop all sectors of the economy, literature and art, but also significantly increased the power of the country - both military and economic.
