Council of Dimitrov (1301)

The Dmitrov Council of Russian Princes was a meeting of four Russian princes of North-Eastern Russia in 1301 (between June 29 and October 7) in the city of Dmitrov with the aim of ending the internecine strife in the composition. The participants were:

During the negotiations, they finished their business in a friendly manner, but Mikhail Tverskoi left Dmitrov in a feud with Prince Ivan.
 * The Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal Andrei Aleksandrovich, the son of Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevsky ,
 * The Prince of Tver Mikhail Yaroslavich, nephew of Aleksandr Nevsky,
 * The Grand Prince of Moscow Daniil Aleksandrovich, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky
 * The Prince of Pereyaslavl-Zalessky Ivan Dmitrievich, grandson of Alexander Nevsky

The congress of princes did not solve the problem and four years later the fratricidal war was resumed, but, nevertheless, this remarkable event was reflected in the future coat of arms of the city. In 1781, after Dmitrov received the status of a county seat in the Moscow province, the Empress Catherine II's Supreme Decree of December 20 of the same year approved the coat of arms of the city and described its description: "In the upper part of the shield there is the Moscow coat of arms. In the lower part there are four Princely Crowns, in the ermine field, in memory of the famous four Russian princes of the congress in that city. "

The previous conciliatory congress of 1296 in Vladimir was less successful.