Boris Konstantinovich of Gorodets (c1325-1394)

Boris Konstantinovich Boris Konstantinovich The Prince of the City The Grand Duke of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod since 1365 Predecessor:	Andrei Konstantinovich Successor:	Dmitry Konstantinovich July 5, 1383 - 1394 Predecessor:	Dmitry Konstantinovich Successor:	Daniil Borisovich Death:	1394 Suzdal Sort by:	Rurikovichi Father:	Konstantin Vasilievich Spouse:	Agrippina Olgerdovna Children:	Daniel, Ivan Commons-logo.svg Boris Konstantinovich on Wikimedia Commons Boris Konstantinovich (died 1394) -Prince of Gorodets, the third son of Konstantin Vasilyevich, Prince of Suzdal-Nizhny Novgorod. s

The struggle for the throne of Nizhny Novgorod
Dying, Konstantin Vasilyevich left the Principality of Nizhny Novgorod to Andrei, the Principality of Suzdal to Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal (1322-1383)Dmitri and the Principality of Gorodets to Boris.

In 1365 Andrei died childless, and his fate was desired by Boris, who in fact had been in charge of it since 1363. Dmitri Konstantinovich of Suzdal (1322-1383)Dmitri, who by right of seniority was to inherit the throne of Nizhny Novgorod, was compelled to turn to the help of the Moscow prince Dmitr Ivanovich, who sent Metropolitan Aleksi to peacefully settle the dispute with his brother, but Boris did not listen. in the same year, Boris Konstantinovich received a khan's jargyl for rule of Nizhny Novgorod "from Tsar Barakhomza," and Dmitri, having received a label for the rule of Vladimir, yielded to Dmitry Ivanovich, who sent to Boris his ambassadors-reconciliators, among whom was Sergius of Radonezh, - with a proposal to come to Moscow; Boris refused. Then Sergius, on the orders of the Metropolitan and Grand Duke, closed all the churches in the Nizhny Novgorod; but this measure did not help either. After that, regiments were sent from Moscow to help Dmitri, and when the latter approached them and with his army to Nizhny Novgorod, Boris came out to meet him and began to ask for peace, retreating from Nizhny Novgorod. Peace was given to him, and since that time Boris did not violate the agreement established between him and his brother and was a loyal ally of the Grand Prince: in 1367, together with Dmitry, his brother, fought against the Mongolian Murza Bulat Temir, who plundered their lands; in 1370, at the request of his brother, went to Asan, the king of the Bulgarians; in 1375 he helped Dmitry Ioanovich in his struggle with the Tver prince, and in 1377 and 1378 he became famous for victories over the Mordovians, who robbed the fate of his brother and burned down Nizhny Novgorod.

In 1383, Dmitry Konstantinovich, the Prince of Suzdal-Nizhegorodsky, died. Boris at this time was in the horde of Tokhtamysh and managed to get him a shortcut to the Nizhny Novgorod destiny. The sons of Dmitry, Semyon and Vasily-Kirdyapa, were to be satisfied with Suzdal; This, of course, they were unhappy and on their return from the horde with the help of the Grand Duke they began a war with their uncle for Nizhny Novgorod and even Gorodets, to which they received a label from the khan; but soon reconciled, losing to Boris Gorodets.

Returning to Gorodets, Boris nevertheless did not leave his mind to take over Lower. After the death of Dmitry Donskoy (1389), he went to the Horde to work on the Nizhny Novgorod principality. Not having found Tokhtamysh in the Horde, who went to the borders of Persia to fight Tamerlane, he caught up with him on the way, spent more than a month wandering with him and, finally, returned with a label from Khan to Nizhny (1390). However, in 1392 Vasily Dmitrievich, Grand Duke of Moscow, along with other parcels received a label from Khan and to the principality of Nizhny Novgorod. In the same year, on his return from the Horde, he sent to the Nizhny Ambassadors, whom the boyars of Nizhny Novgorod, who did not like Boris, betrayed the city, declaring to the people that he now belongs to the Moscow prince, and Boris with his wife and children in fetters, on the orders of Basil I, was taken by different cities.

In 1393 (according to other sources, May 12, 1394), Boris died in Suzdal; was buried in Christmas-Bogoroditsky Cathedral.

Cultural activities
Boris Konstantinovich is also known as a builder: in 1372, in the form of a stronghold from the raids of the Mordvins, Cheremis and Tatars founded the city of Kurmysh on the river. Sure, and three years before that he put in the city a cathedral church in honor of the Archangel Michael (1369).

Family
Boris Konstantinovich was married to the daughter of the Lithuanian prince Olgerd, Mary , and had from her two sons: Daniil and Ivan , the nickname Tugoy-onion, which in 1412 managed to get a label from Zeleny-Saltan, khan of Kipchak , to Nizhny Novgorod; but they did not stay long: in 1417, we see them in Moscow, where the next year they fled back to Nizhny. Here in the same year Ivan died, and soon after him, probably, Daniel.

The chronicle chronicle records for 1396 a report about the death of his daughter, whose husband was Ivan Vsevolodovich (Prince of Kholm).

Literature

 * Рудаков В. Е. - Борис Константинович - ВТ-ЭСБЕ
 * Сербов Н. - Суздальские и Суздальско-Нижегородские удельные князья| - ВТ-РБС