Council of Chernigov (1206)

The Council of Chernigov was the last known princely council of the Olgovichi. It took place in Chernigov in 1206. The meeting was attended by Vsevolod Svyatoslavich Cherny with relatives, Vladimir Seversky with relatives, Mstislav Smolensky with his nephews and Polovtsians.

The question of the Galician inheritance
The congress was assembled shortly after the death of Roman Galitsky and the emergence of the problem of the inheritance of his vast holdings. Direct heirs of Roman, Daniel and Vasilko, although supported by Hungarians, were babies and could not claim real power. Igorevichi were the sons of Efrosinia, the daughter of Yaroslav Osmomysl of Galician (mind 1187).

In 1205, Rurik, the Ol'govichi and the Polovtsi already tried to capture Galich, but returned with a great shame. In 1206, after the congress, a similar campaign was carried out, but Leszek Bely was also enlisted on the side of the allies, in the campaign against which Roman died. In addition, supporters of the vocation for the reign of Igorevich, boyar Kormilichich, returned to Galich from exile. As a result, the prince's tables in Galicia, Vladimir-Volynsky, Przemysl and Zvenigorod could be occupied for several years with breaks.

The problem of Novgorod-Seversky
L.Voitovich connects with this congress also a more fundamental decision, which is consistent with the fact that later the Severskie Igorevichi woken up in Galich (although they could not consolidate it in the power of their descendants), in the Principality of Novgorod-Seversky the descendants of Svyatoslav Olgovich retained only Pobomye (Novgorod-Seversky and Trubchevsk became part of the Bryansk principality) and did not rule in Chernigov. In particular, the conflict between Mikhail Chernigovsky and Oleg Kursk in 1226 is explained by the researcher as an attempt by the latter to achieve a change in the decisions of the Council of Chernigov. Traditionally, the conflict is considered a struggle between the nephew of the senior line and the uncle from the younger line, respectively, for the Chernigov throne, respectively.

However, the researcher refers to the decision to transfer Novgorod-Seversky senior line Olgovichi (after Igor's transition to Chernigov) back in 1190, when the marriage of Davyd Olgovich with his daughter Igor Svyatoslavich was concluded.

An increasing influence on the order Vsevolodovichi class table Chernigov Rurik says his occupation in the years 1210-1212, whoever Rurik: Rostislavich of Smolensk as traditionally believed, or grandson of Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich of Chernigov (with living Gleb and Mstislav Svyatoslavich) Rurik Olegoviches on version of Zotov RV