The tysyatsky leads the town host, raised by the hundreds under their sotskys, and sits in judgement over the merchants and the market; he ranks after the posadnik.
The chronicle names Miloneg as tysyatsky when his church of the Ascension was consecrated in 1191, and the treaty with the Germans and Gotlanders, made between 1189 and 1199, names Vyacheslav. The chronicle names no tysyatsky between 1191 and 1215 (Yakun Namnezhich). The holder on 1 January 1200 is therefore not pinned: Vyacheslav is the most likely.
Who he is
- Name
- Vyacheslav, probably Vyacheslav Prokshinich, grandson of Malysh (not pinned for 1 January 1200)
- Title
- tysyatsky (commander of the thousand)
- Since
- Named as tysyatsky in Prince Yaroslav's treaty with the Germans and Gotlanders, made between 1189 and 1199 while Miroshka was posadnik.
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- If he is Vyacheslav Prokshinich: grandson of Malysh; Yakovets Prokshinich, killed in Yugra in 1193, was probably his brother; a brother Boguslav is named when his court was plundered in 1229. Vyacheslav Prokshinich completed the stone church of the Forty Saints in 1211 (founded in 1199) and had it painted; he is tysyatsky in the 1220s and is deposed in 1229.
- Confidence
- low
Treaty text as usually printed (not re-checked online); Novgorod chronicle under 6699 (Miloneg), 6719, and the 1220s entries.
Overlord
Chosen by the town.
What it holds
- command of the town host
- the merchants' court
How it was acquired
Election by the town; date not pinned.
Allies and rivals
Not recorded for these years.
How things stand that morning
Office in being; holder not pinned (Vyacheslav most likely).
Military
The town host by ends and hundreds.
Where the sources disagree
- The identification of the treaty's Vyacheslav with Vyacheslav Prokshinich is a likely conjecture, not a certainty.
Evidence: One undated treaty and a gap in the chronicle's naming of the office.
On the map: An office: not drawn.
Primary sources for Novgorod
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Chronicle of Novgorod (kept year by year; the Synodal manuscript written in the 13th and 14th centuries). Novgorod's own record, kept at St Sophia. Read online
- The Laurentian Chronicle (the Suzdal continuation kept in the late 12th and 13th centuries; manuscript 1377). The court record of Vsevolod III of Vladimir. Read online
- The Livonian Chronicle of Henry, Henry of Livonia (1225 to 1227). The chief source for the Baltic mission. Read online
- The birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. Read online
- The law of the Gotlanders; The saga of the Gotlanders (Guta lag about 1220, Guta saga about 1220 to 1275; manuscript of about 1350). The law and the short history of the self-governing island. Read online
Sources and studies
- Treaty of Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich, posadnik Miroshka and tysyatsky Vyacheslav with the envoy Arbud, the Germans and the Gotlanders (made between 1189 and 1199), from the text as usually printed; not re-checked online in this run
- The Chronicle of Novgorod 1016-1471 (Novgorod First Chronicle), tr. R. Michell and N. Forbes (1914): entries for 1164-1215 read through the archive.org full-text search (scan pp. 76-106)
- Wikipedia (en): Tysyatsky
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.