Tiuns

Tiun (тивtivun) - in the Old Russian state - the name of the prince or boyar governor, the steward from the obeisance serfs, by the good will of those who enter, if he did not conclude - the "row" ; in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in the Russian state until the 17th century  - the title of some posts.

According to one version, the title of the post was borrowed by Russians from Scandinavia.

Tiunas of Ancient Russia
For the murder of the prince's tynah, Russian law established the highest vira: 80- hryvnia vira ; for the murder of boyar tiuna a vira - 40-hryvnia. The Tiuns could also call the ministers of the princely court (the fiery tyun, the stable tyun ). The Tiunami could also be called the lower link of the princely administration in the villages ( rural tyun, raita tyny ); their life was protected by a 12-hryvnia vira.

Only the Prince himself could judge Tiuna. As a rule, tyun was a prince's serf, or became it after taking to the service; Russian Pravda mentions " deviantship without a series " (that is, without establishing a different treaty) as one of the sources of servility.

Tiuny in the Russian state and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
In the 14th - 17th centuries, there were tiunas of the Grand Prince, who were engaged in his economy and managed separate towns, volosts and tiuns, which were part of the apparatus of the governors and performed judicial functions. In addition, in the Grand Duchy, the Lithuanian tyuns were called large feudal lords, who administered the volosts (later: governors), collected tribute (the so-called polyude). In some localities of Galicia Rus, where the action preserved the ancient Russian law, the tiuny were elected representatives of rural communities.

People [ edit | edit source ] Ratsha See also [ edit | edit source ] Brut Dinstmann

Reference
This article uses material from the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron (1890-1907).