The Greek tribes Vesi and Meri in the distant ‘already under-. were exposed to a significant cultural influence of the Russian Slavs, and their regions were 'heavily' colonized by the latter. The Bulgarians and Rus' pushed into the lands of two other tribes - the Muroms and the Mordovians. The tribe of Muroma lived along the lower reaches of the river. Okie. Its center was the Murom torod. The Slavic colonization penetrated here in prehistoric times, and in folk legends the faint poetic echoes of the “struggle between the Slavs and the natives” were preserved 1). At the beginning of our history, Muroma’ is a tribe. me. completely subordinate to Rus', and already in the X century. we see there a separate Russian prince, Glzba, the son of St. Vladimir. 3): Archaeological data indicate that this “tribe stood” at a very significant stage of “culture and was a participant in trade” with the East 3). This is the proximity of the neighbor. Bulgarian ‘tsaretva’ and prevented it from firmly establishing itself in. Muromekoy: land under the rule of Russian princes almost until the 19th century. The Bulgarians had a strong influence on. this is a tribe. There is reason to think that the Bulgarians lived in Murom itself. With the strengthening of the Russian state, the power of the Kev princes is strengthened by this tribe, but the Bulgarian heritage still remains: Vilnius. In 1088 the Bulgarians. made an attempt to establish itself on the lower flow of the river. The Okies took the town of Murom, taking advantage of the strong strife in the Russian land. But, as you can see, ‘soon forced t) See: Live St. Peter and Fevroni of Murom (in Monuments of Ancient Russian Literature, vol. T).
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3) We used the diary of excavations in the Murom region by V.B. Antonovich in the manuscript, for which we express our deep gratitude to him.
were to leave him. In kontsz HG or vachalz KhPI v. There will be a fierce struggle in the Muromek region. Prince Yaroslav, the son of Svyatoslav Chernihiv, was forced to storm the town of Murom, in which the natives fiercely defended their independence. The city was taken *); and 6 at this time. In the land of Murom, a separate princely gorge was formed, muromea-free. 'Thus, Rus' moved closer to the mouth of the Oka River. Trade along this river was supposed to remain in the hands of the one who was in control of its mouth. And from both sides, both Bulgarian and Russian, we see a desire to subjugate Mordovians, who “occupied” the lower reaches of the Oka and the banks of the Volga with their own. known among eastern writers under the name Burtas. “In the 10th century they were a fairly cultured tribe and engaged in trade” with the East, transporting their goods down the Volga?). they are also landowners 3). In the 10th century, Mordva was under the rule of the Khazarek Kaganate, but even then the Bulgarians began to disturb the Nabfgs, carrying out robberies and taking the people into captivity.” With the fall of the Kha-Zar Katanat, Mordva began to be subjected to strong pressure from two sides: from Rus' and the Bulgarians. The first attempts of the Russian princes were unsuccessful. So, Prince Yaroslav of Muromem “in 1108” then “was defeated by Mordva 5). For this reason, the stronger ones, apparently, walked for the Bulgarians. In 1107, they laid siege to the city of Suzdal itself, one of the major centers of the Rostov-Suzdal region, and only by a miracle was it saved from instead 5). L'la begin to go differently for Rus', when at the end of the second quarter of HI from. in SuzdalV the princely udfl is formed. Already the first prince, Yur Dolgoruy, defeated the Bulgarians in 1120’ v. 7). Particularly frequent campaigns against Mordva are undertaken in... princes of Suzdal-Rostovets from the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 13th century. At 10
1) Ipat. years, p. 145; Laurel. let., p. 201. About the introduction of Christianity in Murom, see Memorable. old rus. liter. t.t.
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3) About the Burtases, see Reports of Ibn Dast. Khvolzon, p. 23.
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5) Lavrent. years., p. 269.
8) From the handwritten Rostov Years. (Korsakov. Merya and the Rostov Principality, p. 103).
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