Yuri II.

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Yuri II. Vsevolodowitsch ( Russian Юрий Всеволодович ; * November 26, 1188 ; † March 4, 1238 ) was Grand Duke of Vladimir from the Rurikids from 1218 . He was the son of Vsevolod Yuryevich .

Shortly before his death, Vsevolod Jurjewitsch called a meeting of nobles, clergy and townspeople in 1211, from whom he wanted to get the approval of a breach of the seniority principle: his son Yuri should succeed him. However, this did not succeed. After Vsevolod's death, the older brother Constantine first seized power. Yuri had to flee. Only after Constantine's death in 1218 could he take power.

In 1221 he founded Nizhny Novgorod . Juri's rule was primarily characterized by efforts to secure the position of power that his father had won for the principality of Vladimir. Yuri was able to secure rule over Novgorod , lead successful campaigns against the Volga Bulgarians and enforce his sovereignty over several Russian princes. At the beginning of March 1238 he fell while trying to stop the Tatars who were pushing through all of Russia on the river Sit . Vladimir also fell under the rule of the Tatars. This ended the brief heyday of the Grand Duchy for the time being. The Russian northeast disintegrated again after Juri's death, with the exception of the brief restoration of central power under Alexander Nevsky . His younger brother Yaroslav II succeeded Juris II.

literature

  • Andrei Wassiljewitsch Ekzempliarski: Georgi II. Vsevolodowitsch . In: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона - Enziklopeditscheski slowar Brokgausa i Jefrona . tape 8 [15]: Гальберг – Германий. Brockhaus-Efron, Saint Petersburg 1892, p. 423 (Russian, full text [ Wikisource ] PDF - entered here as Georgi).
  • Vladimir Boguslawski: Slavyanskaja enziklopedija: Kijewskaja Rus-Moskowija. Volume 2. Olma Medija Group, Moscow 2001, ISBN 5-224-02251-7 , pp. 720–722 (Russian, books.google.com )
predecessor Office successor
Constantine Russian ruler Yaroslav II