Who were called boyars? Detailed answer

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Who were called boyars?

In ancient Russia, the closest people to the prince were his combatants. It was the squad that determined the strength and influence of the prince, the prince consulted with the warriors on all important issues, sent the warriors to follow the implementation of their orders. That is, a combatant is not just and not only a warrior, it is a confidant. Those combatants whom the prince especially trusted and who were members of the princely council were called boyars.

Later, the senior servants of the princely palace, who were in charge of certain services, were also included in the boyars: stables, food supplies and supplies, clothing, and weapons. With all this, the princely palace provided not only the prince, but also the squad, so that the economy of the palace was very extensive. Unlike the European nobles, the boyars did not have any privileges by birth. Of course, it was easier for the son of a boyar to become a confidant of the prince, of course, the boyars were richer than most other people, but in general they were advisers and managers appointed by the prince personally, by our current standards - high-ranking officials.

Even later, at the court of the Moscow grand dukes and the first tsars, the position that a boyar could take began to be determined by his generosity. This meant not only the antiquity of the family, but also the positions that the ancestors occupied. Even the tsar himself could not appoint, for example, the chief of the troops of the "thin-born" boyar, no matter how talented a commander he was. More well-born commanders would simply refuse to obey him. This order, called localism, was broken only under Peter I.

Author: Cellarius E.Yu.

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The Volga is slightly larger than the Kama in terms of catchment area to the point of their confluence, but the Kama is longer and has a large water discharge. Studies of river silt deposits show that the Kama is much older than the Volga and itself flowed into the Caspian Sea. Even from the photographs of the area it is clear that the Volga after the confluence changes the direction of the flow by 90 °, but the Kama would not change. Therefore, according to the totality of hydrological features, it is the Volga that is a tributary of the Kama, however, the historical role of the Volga as a unifying factor of the Russian lands leaves primacy behind it.

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