Vsevolod Mstislavich of Smolensk (c1185-1249)

Vsevolod Mstislavich (c1185-1249) - Prince of Pskov (1213), Prince of Novgorod (1218-1221), Prince of Smolensk (c1238 [1] -?), Son of Mstislav Romanovich Old.

Biography In 1218, [2] the father sent Vsevolod to reign in Novgorod to replace the eldest son of Svyatoslav [3] :

"	we accept Prince Vsevolod himself, and let Svyatoslav the Old Ishago go to many	" In the same year, he marched with the 16,000 troops [4], including Novgorod, against Wenden against the Germans and Livs and returned with a victory. However, Vsevolod inherited his brother's enmity to posadnik Tverdislav. In 1220 he went to Smolensk, from there Vsevolod went to Torzhok , and when he returned to Novgorod, he raised half of its inhabitants to Tverdislav, wanted to kill him, and Tverdislav was at that time sick. Vsevolod went from Gorodishche, where the princes of Novgorod lived with their whole court, dressed in armor and as a host, and came to Yaroslav's Courtwhere the Novgorodians, also armed, came together to him and became a regiment in the prince's court. Tverdislav patient was taken to the sleigh to Boris and Gleb Church, where to it to protect the residents gathered Prussian street, Person of the end , zagorodtsy and steel near him five shelves. The prince, seeing that they were ready to stand to death, did not go to them, but sent for reconciliation Vladyka Mitrofan, who reconciled both sides. But Tverdislav himself refused posadnicia because of illness. Reconciliation was not solid; in the following year 1221, the Novgorodians expelled Vsevolod [3] :

In 1223, Vsevolod went against the Tatars and participated in th ye Battle of the Kalka River.

In 1238, after the death of Svyatoslav’s older brother, he became a prince in Smolensk. During the Mongol invasion of Russia in March 1238, the main part of the Mongolian forces passed through the area of ​​Dolgomostya, 30 km east of Smolensk, and the literary work (“The Life of Smolensk Mercury”) reports the defeat of the Mongolian troops. The position of Vsevolod (or his predecessor Svyatoslav) is not clear. In 1239, the city was repulsed by the Lithuanians , Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (Prince of Vladimir) returned to Vsevolod Smolensk reign. After this mention of Vsevolod Mstislavich disappear from the sources.