The name "river Kayala" meets the reader onlyin one Old Russian work, namely, in the "Lay of Igor's Host", which conceals in itself eight hundred years from the time of its creation countless mysteries and mysteries.
Why study the origin of the work, place,where it was written, the time of writing? To look into its content, understand its essence. Mysterious and mysterious river Kayala. She is mentioned eight times in the text of the scribe. Historical geographers can not reliably tell where the river Kayala is located. In the 70s of the last century, Ukrainian archaeologists produced large surveys, but found no traces of the battle. If it were not for the three works, we would never have known about some kind of supernumerary prince Igor, especially we would not have heard of the river near which the battle took place. The river Kayala is a semi-mythical river.
Old Russian writers did not write on their own, but ongrace, in prayer. They had a completely different attitude to the scripture, that is, the monk was called by the abbot of the monastery and gave obedience. So the author of "The Words ..." is not an exception. Any Old Russian scribe did not want to give out, stick himself out, but wanted to dissolve in his work.
If you look at all the ancient Russian literatureXI-XII centuries, you can see that she does not know the fiction. The river Kayala, which is mentioned in the "Word", apparently, in modern names has a different name. Academician D. Likhachev saw in her the river Syuurly.
Once in the Bible it was said that Sim, Ham,Japheth, the sons of the righteous Noah, divided the land, and there was a treaty that they did not transgress each other's land. Its land should and should be protected, but it is strictly forbidden to go on aggressive campaigns. This prohibition is violated by Igor Svyatoslavovich.
And now he craves for her, and even the broken Polovtsiansweak, they can not resist it. He decisively goes to another country's land not to defend himself, but to win both wealth and honor and glory. This alone is already bad and contradicts the biblical commandments, pride leads to it - the greatest sin. And God gives him a sign - stop, turn back. It sends a total solar eclipse.
And he sees both Igor and his brother Vsevolod, whois Igor's vassal, and son Vladimir, and nephew, Prince Svyatoslav, as the poet describes, an army covered with haze. But Igor persists. He believes that it is better to perish. Let there be a battle on the river Kayale, than to wait with the fear of a Polovtsian raid, sitting at home. "I want," he says, "either to lay down his head, or to defeat the Polovtsians."
These terrible and formidable signs strengthenimpression of the future tragic outcome of a small Igorev troops. And the formidable wolves, the Polovtsy's helpers, are already settling along the ravines, waiting for an accidental prey, the birds of prey are sitting on the battlefield in oak trees, waiting for the food. It turns out that the steppe animals then sympathize with the Russians, worry for them, then threaten them and spite.
This area was in the area of the current Taman. In the Byzantines it was called otherwise - Tamatarha. But in the XI century it was a Russian principality with a large Russian population and was ruled by Chernigov princes. Is this why Igor saw her as her lot, her "stepfather", forcibly torn away by the Polovtsi, which should be returned. On the spurs of the Caucasus Mountains, in the gorges, perhaps the river Kayala originated. This is where she was, according to the definition of the poet, fast. And the plains and steppe rivers are all smooth, with a slow current, and a battle took place on the river Kayale in its quiet, non-flowing current.
The long fading night of Igor's army awaits a fight. The author correctly noted that a sleepless night with tense anticipation always seems agonizingly long and troubling.
But the Polovtsians were not surprised. And Igor just counted on it. Igor's troops lined up along the battle formation. Four of them were basic. In the center is Igor's regiment, on the right is Vsevolod's regiment, to the left - Svyatoslav, nephew of Igor, ahead of Vladimir, Igor's son. By the way, he was 14 years old. And he had to take the first blow at himself. Ahead of the formation stood the best, best of all regiments archers.
In a word, Igor encouraged his army and princes. And the battle began on the river Kayale (date - May 5, 1185, Friday). Polovtsy also built their streltsy. They gave a salvo of bows and ran back. The fighting system of the Polovtsians was destroyed. The advanced regiments pursued them. Igor and Vsevolod, not hurrying, went, keeping the fighting system. Good luck on Friday they accompanied. They captured the prisoners and captured the nomadic dwellings of the Polovtsians on carts. Some of the regiments chased the filthy for a long time, until nightfall and returned with a polonium. According to the testimony of the Ipatiev Chronicle, after the first skirmish, the Russians seized the rich prey. They were rich Byzantine fabrics, highly appreciated everywhere, blankets and bedspreads, outer clothing, lined with expensive fur and covered with expensive fabrics, sewn with gold threads and spears, and bunchukes - horse tails on the shaft, which served as a sign of power. Bunchuk's hair was dyed red.
Poetically, the scribe describes the blacks coming from the seathe clouds. This metaphor serves in folk poetry as the symbol of an impending enemy. These storm clouds want to cover our brave princes and their army. And in the clouds the blue-violet lightning flutter, sparkle, and rush. Everything was dragged by the haze.
For three days Igor tried to get out to the Donets. People were suffering from thirst, and even more horses. Many were wounded and killed in Russian regiments. Green papoloma, that is, a black burial cloth, covers the dead, but here it is meant that they cover the grass.
From morning till evening the army fought desperately. The soldiers fought the second night as well, and at the dawn the kovui (Turkic warriors living in the Chernigov princedom) trembled. Igor could not hold them. And on the way back was taken prisoner. He saw how his brother Vsevolod fought and asked, according to the chronicle, death, not to see the death of his brother. A half dozen people were saved from the whole Russian army. The rest drowned.
For the first time the Russian army suffered terribledefeat. This special tragedy chained so much attention to Igor's campaign. And the stories about the steppe campaign of the Russian prince were compiled. And with respect to the river Kayala it should be said that its search is the task of historians-geographers and archaeologists. Perhaps, and her tracks were gone, as the battle places of Igor were lost.
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