Probable Bratslav governor
Prince M. V. Chortoryisky
Nicholas Zharkikh
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Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich Chortoryisky is often called the Bratslav governor in literature, although there is disagreement about the time of his rule:
– date cannot be set [Boniecki A. Poczet rodów w w.ks.Litewskim w 15 i 16 ww. – Warszawa: 1887, p. 34]
– 1463 – 1480 [Halecki O. Ostatnie lata Swidrygiełły i sprawa wołyńska za Kazimierza Jagiełłończyka. – Kraków: 1915, p. 269 – 270; Kulakovsky P. Zvinyhorod district in the Lithuanian period. – Ukraina Lithuanica (K.), 2015, vol. 3, p. 219].
- 1452 (?) – before 1489 [WK, p. 23; Voytovych L. Princely Dynasties of Eastern Europe. – Lviv: 2000, p. 318].
Before returning to the question of the date of the document under consideration, let’s take a look at the next document.
Tonight (around 3:10) I heard some unusual noise and just thought it was some unusual car driving down the street – when there was a relatively close explosion and the sound disappeared. It must have been a russian UAV, but the sound was not like the “Shaheds” I had heard before.
And wrote, that there was an attack by rotten-straw UAVs, and there are wounded in the Dniprovsky district in Kyiv (November 27, 2024 at 7:41).
And yesterday too read the news – on November 20, 2024, a sapper from the city of Izyaslav, Volodymyr Genadijovych Fedotov, died in the war (we still have reports on the websites ye.ua and suspilne.media). He was only 45 years old…
A long time ago – in 2008 – he prepared collection of works little-known Ukrainian poet Geras Sokolenko (1920 – 1945). I suggested to Mr. Volodymyr to publish the book on the website "Myslene drevo", he agreed, and so the works of our poet, killed by godless Moscow, saw the world collected.
Later, V. F. told me that he never found anyone who would be interested in Sokolenko and help publish the book.
To the collection of Sokolenko’s works, V. F. also added the works of Sokolenko’s friend – Mykola Bolkun, about which we know even less.
Also on the website "Myslene Drevo" I published an article by Anna Romanovska and Vladimir Fedotov "Signs of the times" Where do the "waves" in the Peresopnytsky Gospel come from?"
I want to believe that his friends from Izyaslav will not limit themselves to mourning the fallen hero, but will also take care of his creative legacy…
I didn’t have time to write anything for my science yesterday, and this morning (around 7:45) I heard up to 5 distant explosions again, write about the operation of the air defense system, and emergency power outages have been implemented. My computer is powered by a charging station (November 28, 2024 at 8:20).
Third document exhibited by Prince K. I. Ostrozky in Ostrog on July 17, 6th indictment [AJuZR, vol. 2, No. 126, p. 145 – 146].
At night (around 23:45 on November 28, 2024) I heard one relatively close and distinct explosion, and in the morning wrote that the fragments of a downed drone damaged a polyclinic in the Dniprovsky district of Kyiv (where I live; November 29, 2024 at 7:57).
Ultimately, I imagine the matter of governing Bratslav as follows: Prince Konstantin Ivanovich Ostrozky, as a lord, was not too concerned with the troubles of administering his governorships and for 20 years (1498-1518) he never visited Zvenigorod or even Bratslav. He appointed Prince Mikhail Vasilyevich Zbarazhsky as his assistant in Bratslav, and the last actually stayed in Bratslav, judged and ruled there. During the time of Ostrozky’s captivity, the Vilnius government tacitly recognized Zbarazhsky as the "full" governor in Bratslav, which he actually was before, and after Ostrozky’s return and the restoration of his title of "Bratslav starosta", Prince Mikhail again became his deputy in Bratslav. This suited everyone. The fact that Prince M. V. Zbarazhsky did not embrace any government positions, except for this position of "headman in Bratslav."
Everyone source knows prince and Chortoryisky, three sources clearly link it to Bratslav, two – know that he – Mykhailo and one thing – call him Vasyljovich. But no source calls it an expected title. Bratslav governor.