Vyazma

Who holds it

Title

lord

Confidence

low

ru.wikipedia (Вязьма)

Lord in 1200

Not pinned: Smolensk ground; the town is first named in 1239, when it was given as an appanage to Andrei, son of Vladimir Rurikovich.

How things stand that morning

Smolensk ground; not pinned as a town.

Council

Not recorded.

Communities

Not recorded.

Militia

Not recorded.

Walls and castle

Not recorded for 1200.

Trade and crafts

Portage road to the Volga.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: First named in 1239; do not back-project.

Primary sources for Smolensk

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 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 birch-bark letters (11th to 15th centuries). Excavated letters and notes on birch bark, dated by the layer they lie in. 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