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(† 12/21/1237), book. Ryazan, son of the Ryazan prince. Igor Glebovich († 1195). Information about the Murom-Ryazan princes is scanty, since the local chronicle has been preserved extremely fragmentarily. Additional complications are introduced by the genealogical confusion characteristic of the Tale of the destruction of Ryazan by Batu, who serves as one of the main sources of information about the death of G.I. The Tale is an integral part of the Tale of Nikola Zarazsky (Zaraisky) and, according to the generally accepted opinion until recently of D. S. Likhachev, probably took shape in the 14th century, although it dates back to the stories of the 13th century. However, recently B. M. Kloss, developing the so-called A. Poppe, tried to prove that the entire complex of Tales about Nikola Zarazsky was compiled in 1560 on the basis of the Moscow chronicle of 1479.

G.I. was first mentioned in the chronicle in 1207: September 22. led book Vladimir-Suzdal Vsevolod (Dimitri) Yuryevich The Big Nest “ordered to seize” and imprison in Vladimir G.I. with his older brother Ingvar and several. other Ryazan princes on charges (the justice of which is in question) of conspiracy with the Chernigov princes. The Ryazan princes were released in 1212, after the death of Vsevolod. It is unknown exactly what inheritance in the Ryazan principality G.I. owned before and after his captivity. Following the straightened genealogy given in the list of Ryazan princes in the appendix to the Resurrection Chronicle (PSRL. T. 7. P. 243), Yuri of Ryazan, who appears in 1207, is sometimes separated in historiography from Yuri, who died in 1237, considering the first brother, and the second son of Ingvar Igorevich (see, for example: Rapov O. M. Princely possessions in Rus' in the X - 1st half of the XIII century. M., 1977. P. 127, 132-133). However, the fact that G.I. is not named in connection with the tragic events for the Ryazan princes on July 20, 1217, when six of them were treacherously killed in Isady near Ryazan by the prince’s own brother. Gleb Vladimirovich, cannot serve as a basis for the assumption that by this time G.I. was no longer alive. Indeed, in the story of the First Novgorod Chronicle about the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars on the Murom-Ryazan land, which best reflected the historical basis of the Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan, the Ryazan prince is directly called “Yury, Ingvorov’s brother” (NPL. p. 74).

After the death of Ingvar Igorevich, the region was not noted in the chronicles, but V.N. Tatishchev attributed it to 1235 (Tatishchev V.N. Russian History. M., 1964. T. 3. P. 230; check the accuracy of this there is nothing to date), G.I. remained the eldest among the Ryazan princes, under whose hand in 1237 his nephews, the Blgv. princes Oleg (Cosma) and Roman Ingvarevich. (Probably, it is G.I. who is meant in the charter of the Ryazan Grand Prince Oleg Ioannovich (1350-1402) (AI. T. 1. No. 2), in which “Prince Yurya” is named among the builders of the Uspensky Cathedral in Ryazan along with Ingvar Igorevich and Oleg Ingvarevich, who occupied the Ryazan table until 1258.) When at the end. In 1237, the Mongol-Tatars approached the borders of the Ryazan principality, G.I. refused to obey Batu’s demand to give “a tithe in everything,” while simultaneously sending an embassy to the Vladimir-Suzdal prince. St. Georgy (Yuri) Vsevolodovich with a request for help. The story of these events, which was Ryazan in origin and included in the Novgorod chronicle, blames Georgy Vsevolodovich for not heeding the requests of the Ryazan princes. However, from the story itself it is clear that the Suzdal troops under the leadership of the blgv. book Vsevolod (Dimitri) Georgievich and governor Eremey nevertheless set out, but were late and, together with the troops of Roman Ingvarevich, were defeated by the Mongol-Tatars under the walls of Kolomna.

16 Dec 1237 G.I. was besieged in Ryazan, December 21. the city fell. During the defeat of the capital of the principality, G.I., his wife and mother also died, and only the Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan tells about the latter (Blgv. Prince Agrippina). The story introduces a number of details into the story about the last days of G.I.: an admonition to the brothers (necessarily: nephews) that it is better “to drink the cup of death for the holy churches of God and for the Christian faith”, “rather than in the filthy will of being”; prayer in the Assumption Cathedral in front of the icons of the Most Holy. Mother of God, St. Nicholas and Saints Boris and Gleb; blessing from the bishop. Not all of these details can be considered reliable, since according to chronicle sources it is known, for example, that the Ryazan bishop was not in the city during the siege. According to the Tale, the bodies of G.I., his wife and other dead Ryazan princes were buried in Ryazan by the prince who returned here. Ingvar Ingvarevich, whom the invasion found in Chernigov land; however, such a prince is not attested by other sources. Also unique is the message in the Tale that G.I. had a son, who reigned in Zaraysk. book Feodor Georgievich. He suffered martyrdom at Batu's headquarters, where he was sent by his father for negotiations. However, as V.A. Kuchkin showed, Zaraysk appeared as a city only in 1527-1531; previously it was a village with a center. in the name of St. Nicholas.

In memory of the Ryazan people who defended the city in 1237, on the ramparts of the ancient settlement of St. In Ryazan in 1997 a white stone cross was erected. In 2005, at the foot of the ramparts on the banks of the Oka, in memory of those killed in 1237, a wooden crucifix and a memorial granite slab were installed.

Source: NPL; PSRL. T. 1; T. 2; T. 4. Part 1; T. 6. Issue. 1; T. 7 (according to decree); Likhachev D. WITH . Stories about Nikola Zarazsky: (Texts) // TODRL. 1946. T. 7. P. 257-406; The story of the ruin of Ryazan by Batu / Ed.: I. A. Lobakova // BLDR. 1997. T. 5. P. 140-155.

Lit.: Kuzmin A. G . Ryazan chronicle. M., 1965; Likhachev D. WITH . Stories about Nikola Zarazsky // SKKDR. Vol. 1. pp. 332-337 [Bibliography]; Lobakova I. A . The problem of the relationship between senior editions of “The Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan by Batu” // TODRL. 1993. T. 46. P. 36-52; Kloss B. M. Favorite tr. M., 2001. T. 2. Essays on the history of Russian. hagiography of the XIV-XVI centuries. pp. 409-463; aka. The history of the creation of the Tale of Nikola Zaraisky // Zaraysk. T. 1: East. realities and legends. M., 2002. S. 114-177; Kuchkin V. A . Early history of Zaraysk and the problem of its sources // Ibid. pp. 103-108.

A. V. Nazarenko

Batu at the walls of Ryazan (1237)

And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan heard about the invasion of the godless Tsar Batu, and immediately sent to the city of Vladimir to the faithful Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, asking him for help against the godless Tsar Batu or to go against him himself. Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky did not go himself and did not send help, planning to fight Batu alone. And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich Ryazansky heard that there was no help for him from Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky, and immediately sent for his brothers: for Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, and for Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, and for Prince Oleg the Red, and for Vsevolod Pronsky, and for other princes.

Fragment of the diorama Defense of Old Ryazan

And they began to hold advice on how to satisfy the wicked with gifts. And he sent his son, Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan, to the godless Tsar Batu with great gifts and prayers so that he would not go to war on the Ryazan land. And Prince Fyodor Yuryevich came to the river in Voronezh to Tsar Batu, and brought him gifts, and prayed to the Tsar not to fight the Ryazan land. The godless, deceitful and merciless Tsar Batu accepted the gifts and in his lies feignedly promised not to go to war on the Ryazan land. But he boasted and threatened to fight the entire Russian land. And he began to ask the princes of Ryazan for daughters and sisters to come to his bed. And one of the Ryazan nobles, out of envy, reported to the godless Tsar Batu that Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan had a princess from the royal family and that she was the most beautiful of all in her physical beauty.

Tsar Batu was cunning and unmerciful in his unbelief, became inflamed in his lust and said to Prince Fyodor Yuryevich: “Let me, prince, taste the beauty of your wife.” The noble prince Fyodor Yuryevich Ryazansky laughed and answered the tsar: “It is not right for us, Christians, to bring our wives to you, the wicked tsar, for fornication. When you defeat us, then you will own our wives.” The godless Tsar Batu was furious and offended and immediately ordered the death of the faithful Prince Fyodor Yuryevich, and his body was thrown to be torn to pieces by animals and birds, and he killed other princes and the best warriors.

And one of the mentors of Prince Fyodor Yuryevich, named Aponitsa, took refuge and wept bitterly, looking at the glorious body of his honest master; and seeing that no one was guarding him, he took his beloved sovereign and buried him secretly. And he hurried to the faithful princess Eupraxia, and told her how the wicked Tsar Batu killed the faithful prince Fyodor Yuryevich.

The blessed princess Eupraxia was standing at that time in her lofty mansion and was holding her beloved child, Prince Ivan Fedorovich, and when she heard these deadly words, filled with grief, she rushed from her lofty mansion with her son Prince Ivan straight to the ground and fell to her death. of death. And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich heard about the murder of his beloved son, blessed Prince Fyodor, and other princes by the godless king, and that many of the best people had been killed, and he began to cry about them with the Grand Duchess and with other princesses and with his brethren. And the whole city cried for a long time. And as soon as the prince had rested from that great crying and sobbing, he began to gather his army and arrange his regiments.

And the great prince Yuri Ingvarevich saw his brethren, and his boyars, and the commander, bravely and courageously galloping, raised his hands to the sky and said with tears: “Deliver us, God, from our enemies. And from those who rise up against us, free us, and hide us from the congregation of the wicked, and from the multitude of those who do iniquity. Let their path be dark and slippery." And he bound his brethren: “O my brethren, my brethren, if we have received good from the hands of the Lord, will we not also tolerate evil?! It is better for us to gain eternal glory by death than to be in the power of the filthy. Let me, your brother, drink the cup of death before you.” for the holy churches of God, and for the Christian faith, and for the fatherland of our father, Grand Duke Ingvar Svyatoslavich."

And he went to the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Lady Theotokos. And he cried a lot before the image of the Most Pure Mother of God, and prayed to the great wonderworker Nikola and his relatives Boris and Gleb. And he gave his last kiss to Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna, and received the blessing from the bishop and all the clergy. And he went against the wicked Tsar Batu, and they met him near the borders of Ryazan. And they attacked him, and began to fight with him firmly and courageously, and the slaughter was evil and terrible. Many strong Batyev regiments fell. And Tsar Batu saw that the Ryazan force was fighting hard and courageously, and he was afraid.

But who can stand against the wrath of God! Batu’s forces were great and insurmountable; one Ryazan man fought with a thousand, and two – with ten thousand. And the great prince saw that his brother, Prince Davyd Ingvarevich, had been killed, and exclaimed: “Oh, my dear brothers! Prince David, our brother, drank the cup before us, but won’t we drink this cup!” And they moved from horse to horse and began to fight stubbornly. The Batyevs passed through many strong regiments, fighting bravely and courageously, so that all the Tatar regiments marveled at the strength and courage of the Ryazan army. And they were barely defeated by the strong Tatar regiments.

Here the noble Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich, his brother Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, his brother Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, their brother Vsevolod Pronsky and many local princes, and strong governors, and the army: daredevils and frolics of Ryazan, were killed. They died anyway and drank the same cup of death. Not one of them turned back, but they all fell dead together. God brought all this on for our sins.

And Prince Oleg Ingvarevich was captured barely alive. The king, seeing many of his regiments beaten, began to grieve greatly and be horrified, seeing many of his Tatar troops killed. And he began to fight the Ryazan land, killing, chopping and burning without mercy. He destroyed the city of Pronsk, the city of Bel, and Izheslavets to the ground and beat all the people without mercy. And Christian blood flowed like a plentiful river for our sins.

And Tsar Batu saw Oleg Ingvarevich, so handsome and brave, exhausted from serious wounds, and wanted to heal him from serious wounds and persuade him to his faith. But Prince Oleg Ingvarevich reproached Tsar Batu and called him godless and an enemy of Christianity. The accursed Batu breathed fire from his vile heart and immediately ordered Oleg to be cut into pieces with knives. And he was the second passion-bearer Stephen, accepted the crown of suffering from the all-merciful God and drank the cup of death together with all his brethren. And Tsar Batu the accursed Ryazan land began to fight, and went to the city of Ryazan. And they laid siege to the city and fought relentlessly for five days.

"Defense of Ryazan". Diorama.

Batya’s army changed, and the townspeople constantly fought. And many townspeople were killed, and others were wounded, and others were exhausted from great labors. And on the sixth day, early in the morning, the wicked went to the city - some with lights, others with vices, and others with countless stairs - and took the city of Ryazan in the month of December on the twenty-first day. And they came to the cathedral church of the Most Holy Theotokos, and Grand Duchess Agrippina, the mother of the Grand Duke, with her daughters-in-law and other princesses, they flogged them with swords, and they betrayed the bishop and priests to fire - they burned them in the holy church, and many others fell from the weapons. And in the city many people, both wives and children, were cut with swords. And others were drowned in the river, and the priests and monks were flogged without a trace, and the entire city was burned, and all the famous beauty, and the wealth of Ryazan, and their relatives - the princes of Kyiv and Chernigov - were captured.

I. Glazunov. Invasion.

But they destroyed the temples of God and shed a lot of blood in the holy altars. And not a single living person remained in the city: they all died and drank the single cup of death. There was no one moaning or crying here - no father and mother about their children, no children about their father and mother, no brother about their brother, no relatives about their relatives, but they all lay dead together. And all this was for our sins.

And the godless Tsar Batu saw the terrible shedding of Christian blood, and became even more enraged and embittered, and went to the city of Suzdal and Vladimir, intending to captivate the Russian land, and to eradicate the Christian faith, and to destroy the churches of God to the ground.

And Evpatiy cried out in the grief of his soul, burning in his heart. And he gathered a small squad - one thousand seven hundred people, whom God preserved outside the city. And they chased after the godless king, and barely overtook him in the land of Suzdal, and suddenly attacked the Batu camps. And they began to flog without mercy, and all the Tatar regiments were mixed up. And the Tatars looked like they were drunk or crazy. And Evpatiy beat them so mercilessly that their swords became dull, and he took Tatar swords and cut them with them. It seemed to the Tatars that the dead had risen. Evpatiy, driving right through the strong Tatar regiments, beat them mercilessly.

And he rode among the Tatar regiments so bravely and courageously that the tsar himself was afraid. And the Tatars barely caught five military men from Evpatiev’s regiment, exhausted from great wounds. And they were brought to King Batu. Tsar Batu began to ask them; “What faith are you, and what land are you, and why are you doing so much evil to me?” They answered: “We are of Christian faith, slaves of the Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, and from the regiment we are Evpatiy Kolovrat. We were sent from Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich of Ryazan to honor you, the strong king, and to see you off with honor, and to give you honor. Don’t be surprised , Tsar, that we do not have time to pour cups for the great power - the Tatar army."

Batu.Medieval Chinese drawing
Ruler of Ulus Jochi

The king marveled at their wise answer. And he sent his Shurich Khostovrul to Evpatiy, and with him strong Tatar regiments. Khostovrul boasted to the king and promised to bring Evpatiy alive to the king. And strong Tatar regiments surrounded Evpatiy, trying to take him alive. And Khostovrul moved in with Evpatiy. Evpatiy was a giant of force and cut Khostovrul in half to the saddle. And he began to flog the Tatar force, and beat many of the famous heroes of the Batyevs, cut some in half, and chopped others to the saddle. And the Tatars became afraid, seeing what a strong giant Evpatiy was. And they brought on him many vices, and began to beat him with countless vices, and barely killed him. And they brought his body to King Batu.

M. A. Presnyakov. Evpatiy Kolovrat

Tsar Batu sent for the Murzas, and the princes, and the Sanchakbeys, and everyone began to marvel at the courage, and the strength, and the courage of the Ryazan army. And they said to the king: “We have been with many kings, in many lands, in many battles, but we have never seen such daredevils and spirited men, and our fathers did not tell us: These are winged people, they do not know death and are so strong and courageous, riding around on horseback, they fight - one with a thousand, and two with ten thousand. Not one of them will escape alive from the battle." And Tsar Batu said, looking at Evpatievo’s body: “O Kolovrat Evpatievo! You treated me well with your small retinue and beat many heroes of my strong horde and defeated many regiments. If only such a one served with me, you would hold him close to your heart.” his own." And he gave Evpatiy’s body to the remaining people from his squad, who were captured at the massacre. And King Batu ordered to let them go and not harm them in any way.

Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich was at that time in Chernigov, with his brother, Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Chernigov, saved by God from that evil apostate and Christian enemy. And he came from Chernigov to the land of Ryazan, to his homeland, and saw it empty, and heard that his brothers were all killed by the wicked, lawless Tsar Batu, and he came to the city of Ryazan, and saw the city devastated, and his mother and daughter-in-law, and their relatives, and many many people lying dead, the city was destroyed and the churches were burned, and all the ornaments from the treasury of Chernigov and Ryazan were taken. Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich saw the great final destruction for our sins and cried out pitifully, like a trumpet calling to the army, like a sweet sounding organ. And from that great cry and terrible cry he fell to the ground as if dead. And they barely cast it and left in the wind. And with difficulty his soul revived within him. Who will not weep over such a death, who will not weep for so many people of the Orthodox people, who will not regret so many murdered great sovereigns, who will not groan from such captivity?

B. Olshansky. Slavic true story

While sorting out the corpses of the dead, Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich found the body of his mother, Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna, and recognized his daughters-in-law, and called priests from the villages whom God had preserved, and buried his mother and daughters-in-law with great weeping instead of psalms and church hymns: he shouted loudly and cried. And he buried the rest of the bodies of the dead, and cleansed the city, and sanctified it. And a small number of people gathered, and he consoled them a little. And he cried incessantly, remembering his mother, his brothers, and his family, and all the patterns of Ryazan that perished without time. All this happened because of our sins. There was the city of Ryazan, and the land was Ryazan, and its wealth disappeared, and its glory departed, and it was impossible to see any of its blessings in it - only smoke and ashes; and the churches were all burned, and the great church inside was burnt out and blackened. And not only this city was captured, but many others as well. There was no singing or ringing in the city; instead of joy there is incessant crying.

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to where his brothers were beaten by the wicked Tsar Batu: Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, his brother Prince Davyd Ingvarevich, his brother Vsevolod Ingvarevich, and many local princes, and boyars, and governors, and all the army, and daredevils , and resvetsy, patterned Ryazan. They all lay on the devastated ground, on the feather grass, darkened by snow and ice, uncared for by anyone. The beasts ate their bodies, and many birds tore them to pieces. They all lay there, they all died together, they drank the same cup of death.

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich saw a great many dead bodies lying, and cried out in a bitterly loud voice, like a trumpet sounding, and beat himself in the chest with his hands, and fell to the ground. Tears flowed from his eyes like a stream, and he said pitifully: “Oh, my dear brothers and army! How did you fall asleep, my precious lives? They left me alone in such destruction! Why didn’t I die before you? And where did you hide from my eyes? , and where have you gone, the treasures of my life? Why don’t you say anything to me, your brother, beautiful flowers, my unripe gardens? No longer give sweetness to my soul! Why, my lords, don’t you look at me, your brother, and talk to by me?

Have you really forgotten me, your brother, born from a single father and from a single womb of our mother - Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna, and fed by a single breast of a prolific garden? To whom did you leave me, your brother? My dear sun, setting early, my month is red! Soon you, eastern stars, perished; why did you sunset so early? You lie on the empty earth, guarded by no one; You don’t get honor and glory from anyone! Your glory has darkened. Where is your power? You were rulers over many lands, and now you lie on the empty earth, your faces darkened from decay.

Oh my dear brothers and affectionate squad, I won’t have fun with you anymore! My bright lights, why have you dimmed? I was a little happy with you! If God hears your prayer, then pray for me, your brother, so that I die with you. Already, after joy, crying and tears came to me, and after joy and joy, lamentation and sorrow appeared to me! Why did he not die before you, so as not to see your death, but his own destruction? Do you hear my sorrowful, pitiful-sounding words? O earth, oh earth! oh oak forests! Cry with me! How will I describe and what will I call the day on which so many sovereigns and many Ryazan ornaments died - brave daredevils? Not one of them returned, but they died anyway, drinking the same cup of death. Because of the grief of my soul, my tongue does not obey, my lips close, my gaze darkens, my strength fails.”

There was then a lot of melancholy, and sorrow, and tears, and sighs, and fear, and trembling from all those evil ones who attacked us. And Grand Duke Ingvar Ingvarevich raised his hands to the sky and cried out with tears, saying: “Lord my God, I trust in you, save me and deliver me from all those who persecute. Most Pure Lady, Mother of Christ our God, do not leave me in this time of sorrow "My great passion-bearers and relatives Boris and Gleb, be me, a sinner, helpers in battles. O my brothers and army, help me in your holy prayers against our enemies - against the Hagarians and the grandchildren of the family of Ishmael."

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich began to dismantle the bodies of the dead, and took the bodies of his brothers - Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich, and Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, and Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, and other local princes - his relatives, and many boyars, and governors, and neighbors , known to him, and brought them to the city of Ryazan, and buried them with honor, and immediately collected the bodies of others on empty ground and performed the funeral service. And, having buried in this way, Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to the city of Pronsk, and collected the dissected parts of the body of his brother, the faithful and Christ-loving prince Oleg Ingvarevich, and ordered them to be carried to the city of Ryazan, and the great Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich himself carried his honorable head to the city, and kissed her kindly, and put him with Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich in the same coffin.

And he laid his brothers, Prince Davyd Ingvarevich and Prince Gleb Ingvarevich, in one coffin near their graves. Then Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to the river in Voronezh, where Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Ryazansky was killed, and took his honorable body, and cried over it for a long time. And he brought him to the region to the icon of the great wonderworker Nikolas of Korsun, and buried him together with the blessed princess Eupraxia and their son Prince Ivan Fedorovich Postnik in one place. And he placed stone crosses over them. And for the reason that the icon of Zarazskaya is called the great miracle worker St. Nicholas, that the blessed princess Eupraxia with her son Prince Ivan “infected” (broke) themselves in that place.

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History of Russian Goverment

GEORGE (YURI) IGOREVICH - Prince of Ryazan, son of the Ryazan Prince Igor Glebovich († 1195).

Information about the Murom-Ryazan princes is scanty, since the local chronicle has been preserved extremely fragmentarily. Additional complications are introduced by the genealogical confusion characteristic of the Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan by Batu, which serves as one of the main sources of information about the death of Grigory Igorevich. The story is an integral part of the Tales of Nikola Zarazsky (Zaraisky) and, according to the generally accepted opinion until recently of D.S. Likhachev, probably developed in the 14th century, although it dates back to the stories of the 13th century. However, recently B.M. Kloss, developing the point of view of A. Poppe, tried to prove that the entire complex of Tales of Nikola Zarazsky was compiled in 1560 on the basis of the Moscow chronicle of 1479.

For the first time, Grigory Igorevich is mentioned in the chronicle in 1207: on September 22, the Grand Duke of Vladimir-Suzdal Vsevolod (Dimitri) Yuryevich “commanded to confiscate” and imprison in Vladimir Grigory Igorevich with his older brother Ingvar and several other Ryazan princes on charges (whose justice is under question) in collusion with the Chernigov princes. The Ryazan princes were released in 1212, after the death of Vsevolod. It is unknown exactly what inheritance in the Ryazan principality Grigory Igorevich owned before and after his captivity. Following the straightened genealogy given in the list of Ryazan princes in the appendix to the Resurrection Chronicle (PSRL. T. 7. P. 243), Yuri of Ryazan, who appears in 1207, is sometimes separated in historiography from Yuri, who died in 1237, considering the first brother, and the second son of Ingvar Igorevich (see, for example: Rapov O.M. Princely possessions in Rus' in the X - 1st half of the XIII centuries M., 1977. P. 127, 132-133). However, the fact that Grigory Igorevich was not named in connection with the tragic events for the Ryazan princes on July 20, 1217, when six of them were treacherously killed in Isady near Ryazan by his own brother Prince Gleb Vladimirovich, cannot serve as a basis for the assumption that by this time Grigory Igorevich was no longer alive. Indeed, in the story of the Novgorod First Chronicle about the invasion of the Mongol-Tatars on the Murom-Ryazan land, which best reflected the historical basis of the Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan, the Ryazan prince is directly called “Yury, Ingvorov’s brother” (NPL. P. 74).

After the death of Ingvar Igorevich, which was not noted in the chronicles, but in V.N. Tatishchev is attributed to 1235 (Tatishchev V.N. Russian History. M., 1964. T. 3. P. 230; there is nothing to verify the authenticity of this date), Grigory Igorevich remained the eldest among the Ryazan princes, under whose hand in 1237 his nephews, noble princes Oleg (Cosma) and Roman Ingvarevich. (Probably, it was Grigory Igorevich who is meant in the charter of the Ryazan Grand Duke Oleg Ioannovich (1350-1402) (AI. T. 1. No. 2), in which “Prince Yurya” is named among the builders of the Assumption Cathedral in Ryazan along with Ingvar Igorevich and Oleg Ingvarevich, who occupied the Ryazan table until 1258) When at the end of 1237 the Mongol-Tatars approached the borders of the Ryazan principality, Grigory Igorevich refused to obey Batu’s demand to give “a tithe in everything”, at the same time sending an embassy to the Vladimir-Suzdal prince St. George (To Yuri) Vsevolodovich with a request for help. The story of these events, which was Ryazan in origin and included in the Novgorod chronicle, blames Georgy Vsevolodovich for not heeding the requests of the Ryazan princes. However, from the story itself it is clear that the Suzdal troops under the leadership of the noble prince Vsevolod (Dimitri) Georgievich and the governor Eremey nevertheless set out, but were late and, together with the troops of Roman Ingvarevich, were defeated by the Mongol-Tatars under the walls of Kolomna.
A cross installed on the ramparts of the Ryazan Station fortification in memory of the defenders of the city. Photo. 2005 year.

On December 16, 1237, Grigory Igorevich was besieged in Ryazan; on December 21, the city fell. During the defeat of the capital of the principality, Grigory Igorevich with his wife and mother also died, and only the Tale of the Ruin of Ryazan tells about the latter (the blessed Princess Agrippina). The story introduces a number of details into the story about the last days of Grigory Igorevich: an admonition to the brothers (necessarily: nephews) that it is better to “drink the cup of death for the holy churches of God and for the Christian faith,” “than to live in the filthy will of being”; prayer in the Assumption Cathedral in front of the icons of the Most Holy Theotokos, St. Nicholas and Saints Boris and Gleb; blessing from the bishop. Not all of these details can be considered reliable, since according to chronicle sources it is known, for example, that the Ryazan bishop was not in the city during the siege. According to the Tale, the bodies of Grigory Igorevich, his wife and other dead Ryazan princes were buried in Ryazan by the returning prince Ingvar Ingvarevich, whom the invasion found in the Chernigov land; however, such a prince is not attested by other sources. Also unique is the message of the Tale that Grigory Igorevich had a son - the noble prince Feodor Georgievich, who reigned in Zaraysk. He suffered martyrdom at Batu's headquarters, where he was sent by his father for negotiations. However, as V.A. showed. Kuchkin, Zaraysk as a city appeared only in 1527-1531; previously it was a village with a church in the name of St. Nicholas.

In memory of the Ryazan people who defended the city in 1237, a white stone cross was erected on the ramparts of the Ryazan Station fortification in 1997. In 2005, at the foot of the ramparts on the banks of the Oka, in memory of those killed in 1237, a wooden crucifix and a memorial granite slab were installed.

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THE TALE OF THE RUIN OF RYAZAN BY BATY

Per year 6745 (1237). In the twelfth year after the transfer of the miraculous image from Korsun, the godless Tsar Batu came to the Russian land with many Tatar warriors and stood on the river in Voronezh near the land of Ryazan. And he sent word-of-mouth to Ryazan to Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, demanding from him a tenth share in everything: in princes, in all sorts of people, and in the rest. And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich Ryazansky heard about the invasion of the godless Tsar Batu and immediately sent to the city of Vladimir to the faithful Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, asking him for help against the godless Tsar Batu or to go against him himself. Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky did not go himself and did not send help, planning to fight Batu alone. And the Grand Duke (Yuri Ingvarevich) of Ryazan heard that there was no help for him from the Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, and immediately sent for his brothers: for Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, and for Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, and for Prince Oleg the Red, and for Vsevolod Pronsky, and for other princes. And they began to hold advice on how to satisfy the wicked with gifts. And he sent his son, Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan, to the godless Tsar Batu with great gifts and prayers so that he would not go to war on the Ryazan land. And Prince Fyodor Yuryevich came to the river in Voronezh to Tsar Batu, and brought him gifts, and prayed to the Tsar not to fight the Ryazan land. The godless, deceitful and merciless Tsar Batu accepted the gifts and in his lies feignedly promised not to go to war on the Ryazan land, but only boasted and threatened to make war on the entire Russian land. And he began to ask the princes of Ryazan for daughters and sisters to come to his bed. And one of the nobles of Ryazan, out of envy, reported to the godless Tsar Batu that Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan had a princess from the royal family and that she was the most beautiful of all with her body. Tsar Batu was cunning and unmerciful, in his unbelief he became inflamed with his lust and said to Prince Fyodor Yuryevich: “Let me, prince, taste the beauty of your wife.” The noble Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Ryazansky laughed and answered the Tsar: “It is not right for us Christians to bring our wives to you, the wicked Tsar, for fornication. When you defeat us, then you will own our wives.” The godless Tsar Batu was offended and enraged and immediately ordered the death of the faithful Prince Fyodor Yuryevich, and ordered his body to be thrown to be torn to pieces by animals and birds, and he killed other princes and the best warriors.

And one of the mentors of Prince Fyodor Yuryevich, named Aponitsa, took refuge and wept bitterly, looking at the glorious body of his honest master. And seeing that no one was guarding him, he took his beloved sovereign and buried him secretly. And he hurried to the faithful princess Eupraxia and told her how the wicked Tsar Batu killed the faithful prince Fyodor Yuryevich.

The blessed princess Eupraxia was standing at that time in her lofty mansion and holding her beloved child, Prince Ivan Fedorovich, and when she heard the deadly words, filled with grief, she rushed from her lofty mansion with her son Prince Ivan straight to the ground and crashed to death . And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich heard about the murder of his beloved son, Prince Fyodor, and many princes and best people by the godless king, and began to cry about them with the Grand Duchess and with other princesses and with his brethren. And the whole city cried for a long time. And as soon as the prince had rested from that great crying and sobbing, he began to gather his army and arrange his regiments. And the great prince Yuri Ingvarevich saw his brethren, and his boyars, and the commander, bravely and fearlessly galloping, raised his hands to the sky and said with tears: “Deliver us, God, from our enemies, and free us from those who rise against us, and hide us from the congregation of the wicked and from the multitude of workers of iniquity. May their path be dark and slippery.” And he said to his brethren: “O my lords and brethren! If we have accepted good from the hands of God, will we not also tolerate evil? It is better for us to gain eternal glory by death than to be in the power of the filthy. Let me, your brother, drink the cup of death before you for the holy churches of God, and for the Christian faith, and for the fatherland of our father, Grand Duke Ingvar Svyatoslavich.” And he went to the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Lady Theotokos, and cried a lot before the image of the Most Pure One, and prayed to the great wonderworker Nikola and his relatives Boris and Gleb. And he gave his last kiss to Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna and accepted the blessing from the bishop and all the clergy. And he went against the wicked Tsar Batu, and they met him near the borders of Ryazan, and attacked him, and began to fight him firmly and courageously, and the slaughter was evil and terrible. Many strong Batyev regiments fell. And Tsar Batu saw that the Ryazan force was fighting hard and courageously, and he was afraid. But who can stand against the wrath of God! Batu’s forces were great and insurmountable; one Ryazan man fought with a thousand, and two – with ten thousand. And the great prince saw the murder of his brother, Prince Davyd Ingvarevich, and exclaimed in the grief of his soul: “Oh, my dear brothers! Prince Davyd, our brother, drank the cup before us, but won’t we drink this cup!” And they moved from horse to horse and began to fight stubbornly; The Batyevs drove through many strong regiments, fighting bravely and courageously, so that all the Tatar regiments marveled at the strength and courage of the Ryazan army. And they were barely defeated by the strong Tatar regiments. The noble Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich, his brother Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, his brother Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, their brother Vsevolod Pronsky and many local princes and strong governors and troops were killed: the daredevils and frolics of Ryazan. They died anyway and drank the same cup of death. Not one of them turned back, but they all fell dead together. God caused all this sin for our sakes.

And Prince Oleg Ingvarevich was captured barely alive. The king, seeing many of his regiments beaten, began to grieve greatly and be horrified, seeing many of his Tatar troops killed. And he began to fight the Ryazan land, ordering to kill, chop and burn without mercy. He destroyed the city of Pronsk, the city of Bel, and Izheslavets to the ground and beat all the people without mercy. And Christian blood flowed like a strong river, sin for our sake.

And Tsar Batu saw Oleg Ingvarevich, so handsome and brave, exhausted from serious wounds, and wanted to heal him from those wounds and win him over to his faith. But Prince Oleg Ingvarevich reproached Tsar Batu and called him godless and an enemy of Christianity. The accursed Batu breathed fire from his vile heart and immediately ordered Oleg to be cut into pieces with knives. And he was the second passion-bearer Stefan, accepted the crown of suffering from the all-merciful God and drank the cup of death together with all his brothers.

And King Batu the accursed Ryazan land began to fight and went to the city of Ryazan. And they laid siege to the city and fought relentlessly for five days. Batya’s army changed, and the townspeople constantly fought. And many townspeople were killed, and others were wounded, and others were exhausted from great labors and wounds. And on the sixth day, early in the morning, the wicked went to the city - some with lights, others with battering guns, and others with countless ladders - and took the city of Ryazan in the month of December on 21 days. And they came to the cathedral church of the Most Holy Theotokos, and Grand Duchess Agrippina, the mother of the Grand Duke, with her daughters-in-law and other princesses, they flogged them with swords, and they betrayed the bishop and priests to fire - they burned them in the holy church, and many others fell from weapons. And in the city they flogged many people, wives, and children with swords, and drowned others in the river, and flogged the priests and monks without a trace, and burned the whole city, and all the famous beauty, and the wealth of Ryazan, and the relatives of the Ryazan princes - the princes of Kyiv and Chernigov - captured. But they destroyed the temples of God and shed a lot of blood in the holy altars. And not a single living person remained in the city: they all died anyway and drank the single cup of death. There was no one moaning or crying here - no father and mother about their children, no children about their father and mother, no brother about their brother, no relatives about their relatives, but they all lay dead together. And all this was for our sins.

And the godless Tsar Batu saw the terrible shedding of Christian blood, and became even more enraged and embittered, and went to Suzdal and Vladimir, intending to capture the Russian land, and eradicate the Christian faith, and destroy the churches of God to the ground.

And one of the Ryazan nobles named Evpatiy Kolovrat was at that time in Chernigov with Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich, and heard about the invasion of the evil Tsar Batu, and set out from Chernigov with a small squad, and rushed quickly. And he came to the land of Ryazan and saw it deserted, cities destroyed, churches burned, people killed. And he rushed to the city of Ryazan and saw the city devastated, the sovereigns killed and many people killed: some were killed and flogged, others were burned, and others were drowned in the river. And Evpatiy cried out in the grief of his soul, burning in his heart. And he gathered a small squad - one thousand seven hundred people, whom God kept outside the city. And they chased after the godless king, and barely overtook him in the land of Suzdal, and suddenly attacked the Batu camps. And they began to flog without mercy, and all the Tatar regiments were mixed up. And the Tatars looked like they were drunk or crazy. And Evpatiy beat them so mercilessly that their swords became dull, and he took Tatar swords and cut them with them. It seemed to the Tatars that the dead had risen. Evpatiy, driving right through the strong Tatar regiments, beat them mercilessly.

And he rode among the Tatar regiments so bravely and courageously that the tsar himself was afraid.

Per year 6745 (1237). In the twelfth year after the transfer of the miraculous image of Nikolin from Korsun. The godless Tsar Batu came to the Russian land with many Tatar warriors and stood on the river in Voronezh near the land of Ryazan. And he sent unlucky ambassadors to Ryazan to Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, demanding from him a tenth share in everything: in princes, in all sorts of people, and in the rest. And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich Ryazansky heard about the invasion of the godless Tsar Batu and immediately sent to the city of Vladimir to the faithful Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, asking him for help against the godless Tsar Batu or to go against him himself. Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky did not go himself and did not send help, planning to fight Batu alone. And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich Ryazansky heard that there was no help for him from Grand Duke Georgy Vsevolodovich Vladimirsky, and immediately sent for his brothers: for Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, and for Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, and for Prince Oleg the Red, and for Vsevolod Pronsky, and for other princes. And they began to hold advice on how to satisfy the wicked with gifts. And he sent his son, Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan, to the godless Tsar Batu with great gifts and prayers so that he would not go to war on the Ryazan land. And Prince Fyodor Yuryevich came to the river in Voronezh to Tsar Batu, and brought him gifts, and prayed to the Tsar not to fight the Ryazan land. The godless, deceitful and merciless Tsar Batu accepted the gifts and in his lies feignedly promised not to go to war on the Ryazan land, but only boasted and threatened to make war on the entire Russian land. And he began to ask the princes of Ryazan for daughters and sisters to come to his bed. And one of the nobles of Ryazan, out of envy, reported to the godless Tsar Batu that Prince Fyodor Yuryevich of Ryazan had a princess from the royal family and that she was the most beautiful of all with her body. Tsar Batu was cunning and unmerciful in his unbelief, became inflamed in his lust and said to Prince Fyodor Yuryevich: “Let me, prince, taste the beauty of your wife.” The noble prince Fyodor Yuryevich Ryazansky laughed and answered the tsar: “It is not right for us, Christians, to bring our wives to you, the wicked tsar, for fornication. When you defeat us, then you will own our wives.” The godless Tsar Batu was offended and enraged and immediately ordered the death of the faithful Prince Fyodor Yuryevich, and ordered his body to be thrown to be torn to pieces by animals and birds, and he killed other princes and the best warriors.

The blessed princess Eupraxia was standing at that time in her lofty mansion and was holding her beloved child, Prince Ivan Fedorovich, and when she heard the deadly words, filled with grief, she rushed from her lofty mansion with her son Prince Ivan straight to the ground and crashed to death . And Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich heard about the murder of his beloved son, Prince Fyodor, and many princes and best people by the godless king, and began to cry about them with the Grand Duchess and with other princesses and with his brethren. And the whole city cried for a long time. And as soon as the prince had rested from that great crying and sobbing, he began to gather his army and arrange his regiments. And the great prince Yuri Ingvarevich saw his brethren, and his boyars, and the commander, bravely and fearlessly galloping, raised his hands to the sky and said with tears: “Deliver us, God, from our enemies, and free us from those who rise against us, and hide us from the congregation of the wicked and from the multitude of those who do iniquity. Let their path be dark and slippery." And he said to his brethren: “O my lords and brethren! If we have received good from the hands of the Lord, will we not also tolerate evil? It is better for us to gain eternal glory by death than to be in the power of the filthy. Let me, your brother, drink the cup of death before you.” for the holy churches of God, and for the Christian faith, and for the fatherland of our father, Grand Duke Ingvar Svyatoslavich." And he went to the Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Lady Theotokos, and cried a lot before the image of the Most Pure One, and prayed to the great wonderworker Nikola and his relatives Boris and Gleb. And he gave his last kiss to Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna and accepted the blessing from the bishop and all the clergy. And he went against the wicked Tsar Batu, and they met him near the borders of Ryazan, and attacked him, and began to fight him firmly and courageously, and the slaughter was evil and terrible. Many strong Batyev regiments fell. And Tsar Batu saw that the Ryazan force was fighting hard and courageously, and he was afraid. But who can stand against the wrath of God! Batu’s forces were great and insurmountable; one Ryazan man fought with a thousand, and two – with ten thousand. And the great prince saw the murder of his brother, Prince Davyd Ingvarevich, and exclaimed in the grief of his soul: “Oh, my dear brothers! Prince Davyd, our brother, drank the cup before us, but won’t we drink this cup!” And they moved from horse to horse and began to fight stubbornly; The Batyevs drove through many strong regiments, fighting bravely and courageously, so that all the Tatar regiments marveled at the strength and courage of the Ryazan army. And they were barely defeated by the strong Tatar regiments. The noble Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich, his brother Prince Davyd Ingvarevich of Murom, his brother Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, their brother Vsevolod Pronsky and many local princes and strong governors and troops were killed: the daredevils and frolics of Ryazan. They died anyway and drank the same cup of death. Not one of them turned back, but they all fell dead together. God caused all this sin for our sakes.

And Prince Oleg Ingvarevich was captured barely alive. The king, seeing many of his regiments beaten, began to grieve greatly and be horrified, seeing many of his Tatar troops killed. And he began to fight the Ryazan land, ordering to kill, chop and burn without mercy. He destroyed the city of Pronsk, the city of Bel, and Izheslavets to the ground and beat all the people without mercy. And Christian blood flowed like a strong river, sin for our sake.

And the Tatars barely caught five military men from Evpatiev’s regiment, exhausted from great wounds. And they were brought to King Batu, and King Batu began to ask them: “What faith are you, and what land are you, and why are you doing so much evil to me?” They answered: “We are of Christian faith, slaves of the Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, and from the regiment we are Evpatiy Kolovrat. We were sent from Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich of Ryazan to honor you, the strong king, and to see you off with honor, and to give honor to you. Do not be surprised. , Tsar, that we do not have time to pour cups for the great power - the Tatar army." The king marveled at their wise answer. And he sent his Shurich Khostovrul to Evpatiy, and with him strong Tatar regiments. Khostovrul boasted to the king and promised to bring Evpatiy alive to the king. And strong Tatar regiments surrounded Evpatiy, trying to take him alive. And Khostovrul moved in with Evpatiy. Evpatiy was a giant of force and cut Khostovrul in half to the saddle. And he began to flog the Tatar force, and beat many of the famous heroes of the Batyevs, cut some in half, and chopped others to the saddle. And the Tatars became afraid, seeing what a strong giant Evpatiy was. And they pointed at him many weapons for throwing stones, and began to hit him with countless stone throwers, and barely killed him. And they brought his body to King Batu. Tsar Batu sent for the Murzas, and the princes, and the Sanchakbeys, and everyone began to marvel at the courage, and the strength, and the courage of the Ryazan army. And those close to the king said: “We have been with many kings, in many lands, in many battles, but we have never seen such brave men and spirited men, and our fathers did not tell us. These are winged people, they do not know death and are so strong and courageous on horses they are fighting - one with a thousand, and two with ten thousand. Not one of them will escape alive from the battle." And Batu said, looking at Evpatievo’s body: "Oh Kolovrat Evpatiy! You treated me well with your small retinue, and you beat many heroes of my strong horde, and defeated many regiments. If such a one served with me, he would keep him close to his very heart." And he gave Evpatiy’s body to the remaining people from his squad, who were captured in the massacre. And King Batu ordered to let them go and not harm them in any way.

Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich was at that time in Chernigov with his brother, Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Chernigov, saved by God from that evil apostate and Christian enemy. And he came from Chernigov to the land of Ryazan, to his homeland, and saw it empty, and heard that his brothers were all killed by the wicked, lawless Tsar Batu, and he came to the city of Ryazan, and saw the city devastated, and his mother and daughter-in-law, and their relatives, and many many people lying dead, and churches were burned, and all the ornaments were taken from the treasury of Chernigov and Ryazan. Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich saw the great final destruction for our sins and cried out pitifully, like a trumpet calling to the army, like a sounding organ. And from that great scream and terrible cry he fell to the ground as if dead. And they barely cast it and left in the wind, And with difficulty his soul revived in it.

Who would not weep over such a destruction? Who does not weep for so many people of the Orthodox people? Who wouldn’t feel sorry for so many murdered sovereigns? Who wouldn't groan from such captivity?

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich sorted out the corpses, and found the body of his mother, Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna, and recognized his daughters-in-law, and called priests from the villages whom God had preserved, and buried his mother and daughters-in-law with great lamentation instead of psalms and church hymns, and strongly screamed and sobbed. And he buried the rest of the bodies of the dead, and cleansed the city, and sanctified it. And a small number of people gathered, and he comforted them. And he cried incessantly, remembering his mother, and his brothers, and his family, and all the patterns of Ryazan, which perished without time. All this happened because of our sins. There was the city of Ryazan, and the land was Ryazan, and its wealth disappeared, and its glory departed, and it was impossible to see any of its blessings in it - only smoke, earth and ashes. And the churches were all burned, and the great church inside was burnt out and blackened. And not only this city was captured, but many others. There was no singing or ringing in the city; instead of joy there is incessant crying.

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to where his brethren were beaten by the wicked Tsar Batu: Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich of Ryazan, his brother Prince Davyd Ingvarevich, his brother Vsevolod Ingvarevich, and many local princes, and boyars, and governors, and all the army, and daredevils, and quickies, patterned Ryazan. They all lay on the devastated ground, on feather grass, frozen with snow and ice, uncared for by anyone. The beasts ate their bodies, and many birds tore them to pieces. They all lay there, they all died together, they drank the same cup of death. And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich saw a great many bodies lying, and cried out in a bitterly loud voice, like a trumpet sounding, and beat himself in the chest with his hands and fell to the ground. Tears flowed from his eyes like a stream, and he said pitifully: “Oh, my dear brothers and army! How did you, my precious lives, fall asleep, and leave me alone in such destruction? Why didn’t I die before you? And how did you fade from my eyes? mine? And where have you gone, the treasures of my life? Why don’t you say anything to me, your brother, beautiful flowers, my unripe gardens? No longer give sweetness to my soul! Why don’t you look at me, your brother, and talk to me? Have you really forgotten me, your brother, born of a single father and from a single womb of our mother - Grand Duchess Agrippina Rostislavovna, and fed by a single breast of a prolific garden? To whom have you left me, your brother? My dear sun, setting early! My red moon! Soon you perished, the eastern stars; why did you set so early? You lie on the empty earth, guarded by no one; you receive honor and glory from no one! Your glory has darkened. Where is your power? You were rulers over many lands, but now you lie on the empty ground, your faces darkened with decay. Oh my dear brothers and affectionate squad, I won’t have fun with you anymore! My bright lights, why have you dimmed? I wasn't very happy with you! If God hears your prayer, then pray for me, your brother, so that I die with you. Already, after joy, crying and tears came to me, and after joy and joy, lamentation and sorrow appeared to me! Why did he not die before you, so as not to see your death, but his own destruction? Do you hear my sorrowful, pitiful-sounding words? O earth, oh earth! O oak forests! Cry with me! How will I call that day and how will I describe it, on which so many sovereigns and many Ryazan patterns died - brave daredevils? Not one of them returned, but they all died early, drinking the same cup of death. Because of the grief of my soul, my tongue does not obey, my lips close, my gaze darkens, my strength fails.”

There was then a lot of melancholy, and sorrow, and tears, and sighs, and fear, and trembling from all those evil ones who attacked us. And Grand Duke Ingvar Ingvarevich raised his hands to the sky and cried out with tears: “Lord my God, I trust in you, save me and deliver me from all those who persecute. Most Pure Mother of Christ, our God, do not leave me in my sorrow. Great passion-bearers and relatives "Our Boris and Gleb, be me, a sinner, helpers in battles. O my brothers and army, help me in your holy prayers against our enemies - against the Hagarians and the family of Ishmael."

And Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich began to dismantle the bodies of the dead, and took the bodies of his brothers - Grand Duke Yuri Ingvarevich, and Prince David Ingvarevich of Murom, and Prince Gleb Ingvarevich Kolomensky, and other local princes - his relatives, and many boyars, and governors, and neighbors, known to him, and brought them to the city of Ryazan, and buried them with honor, and immediately collected the bodies of others on empty land and performed a funeral service. And, having buried in this way, Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to the city of Pronsk, and collected the dissected parts of the body of his brother, the faithful and Christ-loving prince Oleg Ingvarevich, and ordered them to be carried to the city of Ryazan. And the great prince Ingvar Ingvarevich himself carried his honorable head to the city, kissed it kindly, and laid him with the great prince Yuri Ingvarevich in the same coffin. And he laid his brothers, Prince Davyd Ingvarevich and Prince Gleb Ingvarevich, in one coffin near their grave. Then Prince Ingvar Ingvarevich went to the river in Voronezh, where Prince Fyodor Yuryevich Ryazansky was killed, and took his honorable body, and cried over it for a long time. And he brought it to the region to the icon of the great wonderworker Nikola Korsunsky. And he buried him together with the blessed princess Eupraxia and their son Prince Ivan Fedorovich Postnik in one place. And he placed stone crosses over them. And for the reason that the icon of Zarazskaya is called the great miracle worker St. Nicholas, that the blessed princess Eupraxia with her son Prince Ivan “infected” (broke) themselves in that place.