Vladimir Monomakh’s Role in the Development of Literature and System of State at Rus

Abstract

The article is devoted to the contribution of Vladimir Monomakh to the development of literature and state system of Rus. Large works of authorship: “Teachings” by Vladimir Monomakh; “Tale of the Blinding of Prince Vasilko Rostislavich” by the hegumen Vasily, close to Monomakh; the literary and historical epic of early Rus - the II (Monomakh's) edition of “Tale of Bygone Years” (1116/1117) by the Mikhailovsky hegumen Sylvester — are important parts of the foundation of future Russian literature. The prominent place of Vladimir Monomakh in the literary and state development of Rus is emphasized by the modern historian A.Yu. Karpov, especially singling out Monomakh's destruction of the Old Kiev construction of the “rota ascent” of the princes of Russia to the Kiev great throne, his actions on the arrangement of the central region of Russia, which was inherited by him, with a new political center founded by him — Vladimir-on-Klyazma (1108), in the long run — the forerunner of Moscow.