Biography of Mstislav briefly

Internecine wars. War with the Mongols. The battle on the Khorol River with the Polovtsy, March 1 of the year. The campaign at the head of the Smolensk army against the Chernihiv Battle on Kalka on May 31, Prince Pskov, Belgorod S, Smolensk S, Kiev, with the fate of Mstislav was quite contradictory and tragic. Usually the names of the princes, who were distinguished by valor and courage, fall into the annals of the history of Rus'.

However, Mstislav the old lost most of his battles. Moreover, even when he was put on reigning in Kyiv, Mstislav showed himself as a restrained and slightly cowardly politician. In the Russian political arena, Prince Mstislav first appeared in the year. It was then that he managed to receive a crushing defeat from the Polovtsy, not far from the Rostovts.

However, this fact of loss did not affect the fate and success of Mstislav. In the year, he participated in the battles against Mstislav Brave. It is worth noting that Mstislav was quite dependent on his father. Mstislav went to almost all serious campaigns at the command of his elderly parent. However, his campaigns were far from always successful. Historians agree that the matter was not in the military art of Mstislav, but in his personal qualities and natural indecision.

A similar commander cannot configure his army to a positive and positive attitude before the next battle. In the year, Mstislav won a rather confident and important victory over the Polovtsy near Harola. After 12 years, in the year, after the death of his uncle Davyd Rostislavovich, Smolensk goes to Mstislav. The prince quite successfully ruled his lands, trying to establish an absolute and impeccable order.

For 15 years, Mstislav managed to turn Smolensk into a successful and calm city. However, soon the brother of Mstislav decided to make him a prince of Kyiv in the year. To own and manage Kyiv is an already more difficult and problematic task. But Mstislav coped with this matter with dignity, sometimes still showing his softness and indecision. It is also worth noting that it was Mstislav who was the inspirer of the battle on Kalka with the Horde.

From the very beginning, the battle did not go according to the plan. For the first three days, Mstislav tried to stay away from the battle, but was soon captured by the enemy, and then executed. About the activities of Mstislav, a rather ambiguous opinion among historians has developed. However, his political potential and quality of the manager of the principality did not remain without a positive assessment.

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