Although the funeral was very grand, Rostislav's death did not bring destruction to everything he left behind, because he had already entrusted everything to future generations, and his role was nothing more than a sea-calming needle.
Russia is still following Rostislav's established path, but this system has gradually revealed its internal problems. Although Kiev still maintains power covering all of Russia, this power is still eroded by time. As time goes by, Moscow and Novgorod are becoming more and more independent, and even the regions under Kiev's jurisdiction have become independent.
After all, there are now Prince Rurik everywhere in Russia. Of course, this problem also exists between Moscow and Novgorod. The problem that everyone has means that no one has a problem.
However, the presence of Prince Rurik did expand the concept of Rus. These princes, who were generally educated in Kiev, brought their love for Kiev to other places, thus allowing those who once thought that Kiev was just a distant word. The people also got a glimpse of Kiev, and their identity was unconsciously born.
But after all, in the thirty years since Rostislav's death, the land of Rus has maintained general peace. Sometimes there will be wars between the princes of Rurik, but the scale is under control, and the most powerful person in Rus is The three countries, Kiev, Moscow and Novgorod, are all trying to maintain a balance, so there is no large-scale war in Russia, which is in sharp contrast to the chaos in Europe.
The person who ruled Rus for these thirty years was Yuri's son Mstislav. He could be said to be the staunchest defender of the three-capital system. He made many concessions in order to maintain the stability among the Rus states and the status of Kiev.
Although his concessions and compromises brought stability to Russia, it also made Kiev very dissatisfied. Although Kiev can be said to be sucking up the resources and manpower of Russia, people are like this, and they often don't see what they have gained. What, but only care about what you have lost.
Under such circumstances, after Mstislav died in 1178, his son Vladimir, who was known for his toughness, came to power. As soon as he came to power, he began to take tough measures against Novgorod and Moscow, including A series of measures such as strengthening Kiev's interests and taking back local power.
This naturally led to strong dissatisfaction in the other two capitals, and a lot of border frictions also occurred. However, just when the two parties were about to start a war, something suddenly happened and the war quickly stopped, that is, Novgo The extinct heir of the Rodryurik family.
To be precise, Volorida's legitimate descendants disappeared. Volorida's direct descendants held a grand banquet on a ship of the Novgorod fleet, but the ship accidentally ran aground and sank.
Kiev reacted most quickly. They mobilized a large army to go to the grassland to help the Polovets, but they were quickly defeated. The elders of Rurik in Kiev were almost wiped out. Grand Duke Romandu He died there, and the loss of personnel was extremely huge.
After all, the land behind the forest where Moscow is located is still dominated by forests and river bends. Novgorod is deep in the hinterland of Russia and has a lot of swamps, so the Mongolian plunder is not very effective.
The Novgorod army was almost frightened by this moment. They retreated to their own city and began to use their status as the leader of the Free Trade Alliance to gather troops.
Kiev declined at a speed visible to the naked eye. The city's population dropped from 90,000 to 50,000 in a short period of time, and there will definitely be even less in the future. The migration of areas around Kiev is even more serious - originally built by the Grand Dukes of Kiev
The nomadic breakwaters were completely destroyed by the Mongols, and now these wealthy areas are exposed to nomadic attacks.
Although Kiev and Moscow both wanted to support their own descendants, Novgorod was different. After several failed attempts, Kiev and Moscow discovered that they did not recognize non-Volorida descendants at all.
After struggling to maintain the family business for 12 years, those who once caused a bloody storm in this land returned again, and the Mongols came with a stronger army.
However, it is even more difficult for Kiev to regain its former power. They lost Ivangorod in the war. It was also because of the war that both Novgorod and Moscow carried out internal purges.
It can be said that the foundation of Kiev's rule in the past has been eradicated. Russia has actually entered the era of rifts. Kiev still retains its distinguished status only because of inertia. As time goes by, the loss of power in Kiev is inevitable, but this often requires
It took a long time, but one thing greatly sped up the process.
Since the situation has returned to the past, and enough blood has been shed, as well as the deaths of their respective hawks, the three capitals have once again reached a compromise with each other, and everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
In 1223, an unknown army came to the southern grasslands. They swept away many forces on the grasslands, which shocked the Ross side. Although the grasslands had been in chaos, such a sweep was still too powerful.
Already.
During the days when they surrendered to the Mongols, Northeastern Rus recovered very quickly. Because of the Mongols' devastation of the southern region, the Rus began to spontaneously migrate to the north. Northeastern Rus was naturally also a key migration target.
The Kiev area was the most severely devastated area in this catastrophe. Although the area around Kiev was highly developed, most of the forests were cut down because of this. The Mongols acted recklessly here and caused countless deaths.
The arrival of the Mongol army was only for one thing. Genghis Khan once promised the land to the west of Jochi, and now, the Great Mongolia will fulfill its old promise and give Batu, the descendant of Jochi, a big Ulus.
However, the Mongols did not just siege the city. They committed a series of atrocities in the countryside of Rus. The wealth of the Rus' countryside made the Mongols a lot of money and made their desire to plunder even stronger.
The final result of the war was not what Kiev and Moscow wanted at all, because they paid the most casualties, and Novgorod suffered the least. Novgorod took this opportunity to get rid of its controlled position, and Mikhail counterattacked.
For those who regard him as a puppet, Ross has once again returned to the Sandu era.
Novgorod does not want other Ruriks to take the throne, because based on their experience, those princes will only support their sons, and then when the father dies, the son will run to inherit the father's throne, and Novgorod will be gone.
A prince can only be a vassal, and Novgorod is not willing to be a vassal.
In the following time, the Mongols were busy besieging Kiev and Moscow, but the difficulty of attacking these two cities was beyond their imagination. Since Rostislav converted the walls of the main Russian cities into brick walls, the defense of the cities
The strengthening can be said to be non-stop. At this time, the defense power of the Ross cities is much higher than in history.
Kiev and Novgorod quickly chose to surrender and accepted the rule from Batu, and Batu still continued the Rus' three-capital system because for him, this was the best way to rule.
Later historians believed that this incident paved the way for the future civil war. Kiev already controlled Ivangorod, the headquarters of the Free Trade Alliance, and had an advantage in dividing Novgorod's interests.
, Moscow was also weakened by Kiev using this opportunity. The seeds of dissatisfaction had already been sown, not to mention local dissatisfaction in Novgorod. War was only a matter of time.
In Lipica, both sides assembled a total of more than 80,000 troops. Although Rus has been in constant disputes over the years, the general environment has always been peaceful. Peace has allowed the population to grow. Villages and towns have continued to increase, and feudalization has advanced.
It also allowed the princely regime to continuously strengthen its control over the people, and the forces that could be mobilized continued to increase.
The fall of Moscow can be said to be an accident. The Novgorod army came to aid Moscow after gathering the troops of the Free Trade Alliance. Due to the appearance of northern reinforcements, the Muscovites opened the door and sent troops to respond, but what they did not expect was
The Mongols still had heavy cavalry hidden in their hands. They used this hidden army to seize the city. The Mongolian army rushed into Moscow, and at the same time, the Novgorod army was defeated by the Mongols head-on.
But Daniel successfully withstood the external pressure and cut off the hands stretched out by Novgorod and Moscow. However, Daniel did not forget what happened in 1223. He had a premonition that those people would eventually come back.
The Battle of Lipica is regarded as a symbol of the Russian rift era. In this bloody battle, a total of 13 Rurik princes died here, including Vladimir of Kiev and Andrei of Moscow.
In this battle, more than 20,000 people died.
In 1216, the conflict finally broke out, and the first large-scale civil war in Russia began. Novgorod sided with Moscow to fight against Kiev, and both sides began to mobilize their troops as best they could.
Although Volorida is a romantic boy, he is still very responsible for his children. Even if they are illegitimate children, he recognizes their status and places them in the country of his brothers.
But objectively speaking, because of the deaths of so many princes, the power of the three capitals has been regained, and their strength has actually increased a lot.
The fall of Moscow shocked the whole of Russia. This was Rostislavich's base and the place with the strongest resistance in Russia. Now that Moscow has fallen and the city has been massacred, the impact on other places can be imagined.
So they had no choice but to move out Vollorida's illegitimate descendants. After negotiation, they supported an illegitimate descendant of Vollorida to ascend the throne of Novgorod, and this
A large amount of the city's profits were naturally distributed.
Now Kiev and Moscow have no intention of fighting. How to use the Novgorod heir is the top priority, and both sides have a card they can play, that is, the illegitimate descendants of Volorida
Still here, and working under them.
The Mongols first destroyed the Volga Bulgar, and Muscovite Rurik had just used marriage to make this territory belong to them, but they encountered such a thing, but it was also because of this that the news of the arrival of the Mongols attracted the attention of the Russian princes.
stand up.
Novgorod was naturally dissatisfied with this, but it was better than being a vassal. At least he still had his own prince.
Now ruling Kiev is Grand Duke Daniel, who is the son of Roman, and the situation he has to face can be said to be extremely difficult. Novgorod and Moscow are both eroding Kiev’s power, and Kiev’s key to survival is peace and prosperity.
Trade in the South was also becoming increasingly difficult.
This defeat dealt a fatal blow to Kiev's prestige. The essence of Kiev completely disappeared after this battle. The loss of Kiev's elders Rurik caused huge problems. Without these elders, everything there is now completely
It was headed by a group of children, and the other two completely regarded Kiev as a soft persimmon. The only thing that was fortunate for Kiev was that the powerful army disappeared after defeating them.
But the reaction of the Mongols was too fast. Before the three cities of Rus' could react, the Mongolian army came to Rus'. As soon as the armies of Kiev and Moscow were assembled, they were divided and annihilated by the Mongols. For this war, the Mongols mobilized
Having lost most of their strength, this time they hit people with two fists, defeating the armies of Kiev and Moscow at the same time.
But what no one expected was that the first city to fall was Moscow, a city built by Rostislav.
Moscow quickly revived, and the city still attracted many people, and the Mongols expressed support.
There is nothing wrong with him doing this. After all, they are just illegitimate children. The best these descendants can do is serve as civil servants or tax collectors among the descendants of his brothers. But now that his legitimate descendants are extinct, then these people will also have
Opportunities for advancement.
The Mongols were happy to maintain the three-capital system, because for them, it was very suitable to use three titles to divide the Rus' region into three areas to mobilize the Rus' princes, and in order to make these three areas more loose, they created more
Principality, after all, Ruriks are everywhere in these three regions, and the Mongols rely on mobilizing them to maintain their rule.
The Mongols shattered the original succession model of Russia. Now the appointment of various Russian princes comes from Sarai, and everything is decided by Sarai. The Khan is above all the princes of Russia and takes over life and death.
Since then, the Rus region has been under heavy yoke by the Mongols, and they have to pay huge amounts of silver and materials every year. However, it is not much better than the situation in history.
But Rose still has a long way to go, but no matter what, the road ahead is much brighter than in history.