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14-501: The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with the disastrous Battle on the Nemiga River , which took place on the riverbank in 1067 when the forces of the prince of Kievan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom. The medieval epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign refers to the "bloody river banks of Nyamiha," with lines that detail the battle: On the Nemiga

28-578: A marriage between himself and the daughter of Rogvolod , the prince of Polotsk , who had rebuffed him, saying she did not want to take off the shoes of a slave's son. In retaliation, Vladimir attacked and pillaged Polotsk, killed Rogvolod, and took his daughter Rogneda by force, adding the city to his territorial possessions. He placed his son, Izyaslav , in Polotsk. Iziaslav's son, Bryachislav of Polotsk , succeeded his father in 1001. By 1021, Bryacheslav set his sights on Novgorod ; he attacked and ransacked

42-519: Is a river in Minsk . Today it is contained within a fabricated culvert . It discharges into the Svislach . The first mention of the river in historical chronicles is connected with the disastrous Battle on the Nemiga River , which took place on the riverbank in 1067 when the forces of the prince of Kievan Rus' defeated the forces of Polatsk princedom. The medieval epic The Tale of Igor's Campaign refers to

56-521: Is the first reference to Minsk in the chronicles, it is celebrated as the founding date of the city. The Yaroslavichi army came upon Vseslav's army in the deep snow on the Niamiha River on March 3 and defeated him. The precise course of battle is unknown, though it has become legendary as a bloodbath; The Tale of Igor's Campaign referred to "the bloody banks of the Nemiga" being sown not with blessings but with bones. Vseslav fled back and Polotsk and

70-403: The "bloody river banks of Nyamiha," with lines that detail the battle: On the Nemiga the spread sheaves are heads, the flails that threshare of steel, lives are laid out on the threshing floor, souls are winnowed from bodies. Nemiga’s gory banks are not sowed goodly-sown with the bones of Russia’s sons. For a long time, it was the second largest river flowing through Minsk, until it

84-623: The Middle Dnieper princes' ties to the north – to Scandinavia, the Baltic, and tribute from the north. It also threatened the political power of the Yaroslavichi, the sons of Yaroslav the Wise, who had to that point been preeminent. The three sons of Yaroslav – Iziaslav, Vsevolod, and Sviatoslav – joined forces and marched north through the winter of 1067. They burned Minsk, then held by Polotsk, and as this

98-512: The Nemiga River ( Belarusian : Бітва на Нямізе ; Russian : Битва на реке Немиге ) was a battle of the Kievan Rus' feudal period that occurred on March 3, 1067 on the Niamiha River . The description of the battle is the first reference to Minsk in the chronicles of Belarusian history. At the end of the tenth century, Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavich , then ruling over Novgorod the Great , proposed

112-592: The Rus princes in the Middle Dnieper region, Vseslav's campaigns in the north were much more serious. He unsuccessfully besieged Pskov in 1065, but the following year he drove out the young Novgorodian prince Mstislav, son of the Grand Prince of Kiev Izyaslav Yaroslavich , and pillaged Novgorod again. The seizure of Novgorod not only was a personal insult to the grand prince, whose son fled back to Kiev, but it threatened

126-644: The Yaroslav princes did not pursue him. However, in June, after the battle, the Yaroslav princes called for negotiations, “kissed the cross” (took an oath) and made promises of future safety; Vseslav was invited to Iziaslav's camp to celebrate the peace and was promptly arrested together with two of his sons and taken to prison in Kiev. Niamiha River The Nyamiha or Nemiga ( Belarusian : Няміга , [nʲaˈmʲiɣa] ; Russian : Немига , [nʲɪˈmʲiɡə] )

140-588: The city, but on the journey home, he was overtaken by Vladimir's son Yaroslav I the Wise , then ruling in Novgorod, on the banks of the Sudoma River ; he was defeated and fled, leaving behind his Novgorodian captives and loot. Yaroslav pursued him and forced Bryachislav to make peace the following year, after which the Polotsk prince settled down. After Bryacheslav's death in 1044, his son Vseslav succeeded him as Prince of Polotsk. While his father had been an irritant to

154-456: The river was put into a pipe in 1926, and the rest in 1955. Today, the river is a minor feature of the city environment, and the name Nyamiha more commonly refers to the street above. Notably, in the Lithuanian language, "Nemiga" is interpreted to mean "the river that does not sleep." Niamiha Street is part of a shopping district famous for its amber craftwork. The Nyamiha metro station on

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168-403: The spread sheaves are heads, the flails that threshare of steel, lives are laid out on the threshing floor, souls are winnowed from bodies. Nemiga’s gory banks are not sowed goodly-sown with the bones of Russia’s sons. For a long time, it was the second largest river flowing through Minsk, until it was adapted for its urban location by containment within a network of pipes. One part of

182-524: The street was the site of a human stampede on May 30, 1999. Another incident on Nyamiha Street occurred on July 25, 2004, when a two-hour downpour in Minsk caused the storm sewers to overflow. Nyamiha Street and its environs were flooded. 53°54′24″N 27°33′17″E  /  53.90667°N 27.55472°E  / 53.90667; 27.55472 Battle on the Nemiga River The Battle on

196-407: Was adapted for its urban location by containment within a network of pipes. One part of the river was put into a pipe in 1926, and the rest in 1955. Today, the river is a minor feature of the city environment, and the name Nyamiha more commonly refers to the street above. Notably, in the Lithuanian language, "Nemiga" is interpreted to mean "the river that does not sleep." Niamiha Street is part of

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