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Story of Monomakh’s Life
Prince Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh (1053-1125) has received the name of Monomakh after his mother, who was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomakh. He was first the prince of Chernigov, then the prince of Southern Pereyaslavl, and finally he had become the prince of Kiev since 1113. All his life he spent in struggle against polovtsy and their ally - Prince Oleg Svyatoslavich. Vladimir Monomakh has traveled a lot during his life (83 big campaigns and trips). Due to his adventures and interesting life he was able to see different places and all this information he wanted to transfer to next generations. That is why he wrote his books, where I have found various abstracts about animals. The most interesting examples are given here. Pieces of advice
Different animals and birds and different kinds of fish are decorated with Yours ideas, God! And we wonder how heavenly birds come from heaven and first of all come to our hands and do not settle down in one country but both strong and weak go to all countries after God’s will to feel woods and fields. And these heavenly birds are wise with You: when You enjoin they thing to make people happy, and when You do not enjoin, even if they have tongue, they keep silence.
Here it is written how I worked when hunting in Chernigov; and from the time when I left Chernigov and till this year I took without problems not taking into account hunting outside Turov, where I have hunted with my father on any animal. And in Chernigov I did the following: I has bind ten and twenty wild horses in the depth of the forest with my own hands.
Documentary notes
Provenance: Russia
Prince Monomakh, Vladimir Vsevolodovich
Period:1100-1125
Reference
Contributed by Yurashanskaya, Daria, m04yud01@student.ceu.hu
