VOLOST OF DUBNO IN STRUCTURE OF THE LANDS-PRINCIPALITIES IN THE 11th—13th CENTURIES

Abstract

First historian, who drew attention to the issue of the place of chronicle Duben in structure of the lands-principalities, was Mykhailo Hrushevsky. He thought that the territory around Dubno was possibly a part of Pohoryna. Some other historians supported this view and advocated the region being a part of the land of Kyiv. Second group defended the view that Dubno was part of Volodymyr principality.
 The questions of the administrative and territorial belonging of Dubno town in chronicle period are considered in the paper. The reasons for the transformation of Dubno into a political center and its existing like feudal possession are determined, based on the scribe sources and scientific substantiated models of society and political development of Kyiv Rus. The changes of the administrative subordinate of Dubno area during 11th—13th centuries in the context of war and political events are retraced.
 In 1100 Duben was given to the prince Davyd Ihorovych after he lost the Volodymyr principality. The main center of his ownership was located in Dorohobuzh on the Horyn river. It is possible that Duben started to form administrative and economic connections with Pohoryna. From then until the mid-12th century we observe an increased role of Pohoryna where a new administrative center in Peresopnitsa appeared. In 1149 Yurii Dolhorukyi, prince of Rostov-Suzdal, started the war campaign against his nephew — Iziaslav and attacked him in Luchesk. Part of the army under the command of dukes Andrii and Rostyslav went to Luczesk across Duben and Muravytsіa. Being afraid of the ambush, they escaped to Duben and began to wait for news from their father here. Archaeological excavation shows that hillfort of Muravytsia was destroyed in case of this war, but Duben continued its development.
 Peace agreement in 1150 between Yurii and Iziaslav admitted that territory of the Volodymyr principality stretches to the Horyn river. From that time Pohoryna started to lose its dependents from Kyiv, and Duben finally appeared as a part of Volhynia land. Before this we have the excuse that territory on the Ikva river basin was a boundary in the process of confrontation between dukes of Kyiv and Volodymyr.