Kiev Rebellion of 1113

Kiev Rebellion of 1113 

an antifeudal uprising of the urban lower classes of Kiev, the slaves (kholopy ), and perhaps the rural population of the Kievan region. The rebellion was caused by dissatisfaction with the policies of Prince Sviatopolk Iziaslavich, the rising cost of bread, and starvation and was directed against the abuses of the prince’s administrators, who speculated in bread and salt, and against the enslavement of free citizens by moneylenders. The rebellion flared up immediately upon the death of Sviatopolk. The rebels destroyed the palace of the boyar Putiata Vyshatich and attacked the holdings of the Jewish moneylenders. The frightened Kiev boyars were able to persuade Vladimir Vsevolodovich Monomakh to become prince of Kiev. Monomakh succeeded in placating the insurgents by promulgating laws that made some concessions to the rebels, known as the Statute of Vladimir Monomakh of 1113.

REFERENCES

Tikhomirov, M. N. Krest’ianskie i gorodskie vosstaniia na Rusi XI-XIII vv. Moscow, 1955. Pages 130–48.
Mavrodin, V. Narodnye vosstaniia v drevnei Rusi XI-XIII vv. Moscow, 1961.

L. V. ALEKSEEV