Council of Uvetichi (1100)

The Council of Uvetichi is the name given to two meetings of the older Russian princes, held in August 1100 for a reconciliation with each other and the court of Prince Davyd I. The meeting took place in the city of Uvetichi on the right bank of the Dnieper River near Kiev (now the village of Vitachiv in Kiev Oblast).

Blinding Cornflower. Miniature from Radziwill Chronicle, XV century Council was preceded by a sharp conflict around Volyn and Halych. It started in November 1097, by David Igorevich Prince of Vladimir-Volynsky violating the agreements reached at the previous Council of Lyubech. With the support of Svyatopolk, Grand Prince of Kiev who lured the Prince of Terebovl [Vasilko Rostislavich of Terebovl (1067-1125)|Vasilko Rostislavich]] to Kiev by deceit, David captured and blinded Vasilko. ​​Svyatopolk's cousins Vladimir Monomakh and Oleg Svyatoslavich, outraged by this act, gathered in Gorodets and threatened war demanded that Svyatopolk and Davyd be relieved of their principalities. In the mean time, Vasilko's older brother Volodar Rostislavich reined in Davyd and was able to secured the release of his brother. Obsessed with vengeance Volodar and Vasilko continued their war against Davyd. They finally made ​​peace by agreeing to kill the boyars responsible for blinding Vasilko.

However, Svyatopolk still unseated Davyd from the Principality of Vladimir-Volynsky, and then went to war against Volodar and Rostislav themselves, claiming that their principalities belonged to them by dynastic right. The conflict was aggravated by the intervention of the King of Hungary, who took the side of Svyatopolk and Polovtsian given Davyd I. As a result, by 1100 victory was for Davyd, he was able to regain the Vladimir-Volyn. At the first meeting, held on 10 (17) August Sviatopolk, Vladimir Monomakh, Davyd (Svyatoslavich) and Oleg "created the world among themselves." Newly collected on August 30, they called to him Davyd Igorevich. After listening to his explanation, the brothers deliberately kept away from him, drove off with the "single mat" and denied the right of speech. And the brothers were on horseback, and was Sviatopolk with his retinue, and Oleg Davydov, each with his separately. A Davyd I. sitting on the sidelines, and they did not let him in, but particularly conferred on Davydov. And they decided, was sent to Davyd their husbands Sviatopolk - Putyatov, Vladimir - Orogs and Ratibor, Davyd and Oleg - Torchyn. - [2] Ambassadors announced Davyd brotherly will: "I do not want to give you the table of Vladimir, because you plunged the knife into us what had happened back in the Russian land." He was stripped of Vladimir-Volyn (there was planted Svjatopolka son - Yaroslav ). In return, received from Svjatopolka towns Buzhsky Jail, Duben, Czartoryski and viruses in 400 hryvnia on the other brothers (200 and 200 from Vladimir from Svyatoslavich). Later Sviatopolk handed Davyd Dorogobuzh. For nephews, Rostislav decided to deprive his desk Cornflower - Terebovlia (probably because blind prince was considered incompetent). By Valadar were sent ambassadors to the order or take a blind brother to himself, or to send to Kiev, where the princes had promised to take care of him. However Rostislavichi this decision did not comply. About that, the conditions under which in the end, peace was concluded, is not known, but the prince remained Vasil'ko terebovalskim until his death. Progress at the world congress of Russian princes allowed to join forces and take over the next few years, large-scale campaigns against the Polovtsian.