Grants in 1448
Nicholas Zharkikh
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October 24, 2022 reported: Danylo Boguslavsky died in the Kherson region, player of Uzhhorodski Lisoruby foolball club.
October 25, 2022 reported: defender from Stara Vyzhivka Anton Tymoshuk died in the Kharkiv region.
October 27, 2022 reported: Sumy resident Vladyslav Pavlenko died in the war.
Every day, our heroes die in the fight against the Rotten Straw Horde – so that we in Ukraine can be ourselves, and not slaves of Moscow. So that I can continue my work in Kyiv (October 28, 2022 at 8:10).
From the second half of the 15th century, more documents have come down to us about the granting of land ownership in Pobozhye. There are still very few of them, but against the background of the complete absence of such grants from the first half of the century, this is already something.
The oldest book of Lithuanian Metrica is now called "Book of Records No. 3", it is also often called "Book of Tributes (actually, grants) of Casimir". It was printed twice [RIB, 1910, vol. 27, col. 1 – 172 (hereinafter RIB 27); LM 3].
In this book, on pages 51-52, there is an interesting series of references for us, which has a special title “In Braslavl in Podillja” [RIB 27, col. 90 – 91 = LM 3, p. 55, the numbering of the entries is mine].
Now we can map our loot:
Map scheme of grants in 1448
on a topographical basis Meta.ua
On the map, the large red circle is Bratslav, the center of the region; green circles are relatively definitely localized objects, orange circles are doubtfully localized. Orange arrows show the connection between localization options. The thick green line is the southern border of the inhabited (? at least, the mentioned) territory.
What can be drawn from this provision for social history is not the subject of my studies, but I will briefly note:
1, there are no princes among the endowed persons;
2, out of 13 awarded persons, only 5 (38%) are named with patronymics and, it is to be assumed, their parents or further ancestors already had some merit. The rest do not have patronymics and were probably new people who achieved awards through their own merits.
3, among the 13 grants, only two are inherited (15%), the rest are primary grants (services?), which generally corresponds to the large number of new people among the beneficiaries.
4. Among the names of the gifted, not one coincides with the name of the settlement given to him, and does not originate from his name. The settlements already existed long ago, and now, by the will of the Grand Duke, they have received new owners. No role of the higher authorities in colonization, the founding of settlements is visible, all this is the business of the people, the local Rus’ people. Hey, elite, where are you hiding? Why don’t you fulfill your role as a leader of the people?
From a political point of view, this group of grants means that Pobozhye at that time was under the direct rule of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, who managed the lands here. There is no evidence of Pobozhye’s dependence on Volhynia.