[106] Vladímir Andréevich was the cousin of Dmítri Donskóy, the son of Iván II.
[107] In the text the word is boyarin, i. e., “boyár,” evidently a corruption of Boyán, which is one of the proofs of the Zadónshchina being a later imitation of the Word of Ígor’s Armament.
[108] Popular assembly of Nóvgorod.
[109] Burgomasters or governors of Nóvgorod.
[110] Tributary of the Don.
[111] Iván Kalitá, 1328-1340.
[112] These Lithuanian Princes had acknowledged the sovereignty of Moscow.
Afanási Nikítin. (XV. century.)
Nikítin set out about 1468 for India, whence he returned in 1474. He wrote out an account of his many adventures, which is interesting for its sober though rather one-sided narration. It stands alone in the old Russian literature as the writing of a layman bent on a commercial enterprise. His Travel to India has been translated by Count Wielhorsky for the Hakluyt Society.