Novgorod-Seversky

Who holds it

Name

Not pinned: probably Igor's line, Igor himself or his son Vladimir (ru.wikipedia gives Vladimir 1198-1206; en.wikipedia, after Dimnik, makes Igor the predecessor of Oleg Sviatoslavich, who holds it 1200-1201); the alternative view gives it to the elder line (Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich's sons) in 1198

Title

Lord of the town

Since

See the lord's record

Confidence

low

Lord in 1200

Not pinned: probably Igor's line, Igor himself or his son Vladimir (ru.wikipedia gives Vladimir 1198-1206; en.wikipedia, after Dimnik, makes Igor the predecessor of Oleg Sviatoslavich, who holds it 1200-1201); the alternative view gives it to the elder line (Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich's sons) in 1198

How things stand that morning

Held for the Olgovichi; its prince that morning is not pinned.

Charter

None: Rus' towns of this age have no charters; the townsmen live under the prince's law (the Russkaya Pravda) and his officers' courts.

Council

None recorded; the prince's men govern.

Communities

Clergy of the Saviour monastery; retainers, craftsmen and traders.

Militia

The town host.

Walls and castle

A fort of timber and earth from the late 10th century, with outer works; the monastery's stone church.

Trade and crafts

Iron-working and pottery (archaeology); farming, cattle, bee-keeping, hunting and fishing; the Desna trade.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. During 1200 (Dimnik)Oleg Sviatoslavich holds it in 1200-1201.Depends on: Agreement within the house. Stopped by: Igor's line keeping it.

Places of note

• The Saviour monastery: Stone church begun about the 1180s.

Where the sources disagree

• Holder 1198-1201 disputed: see Chernigov (the Olgovichi).

Evidence: The town is well known archaeologically; its prince in 1198-1200 is not recorded.

Primary sources for Chernigov (the Olgovichi)

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 Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. 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 Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online