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Danislav Lazutinits went as tribute collector with a Druzhina beyond the Volok, and Andrei sent his force against him, and they fought with them, there were 400 men of Novgorod, and 7,000 of Suzhdal; and God helped the men of Novgorod, and 1,300 of them fell, and of the men of Novgorod 15 men; and the men of Novgorod retired and having again returned, took the whole tribute, and another one from the serfs of Suzhdal; and they came back all well.
Men of Suzhdal with Andreyevits, Roman and Mstislav with the men of Smolensk, and of Toropets, of Murom and of Ryazan with two Knyazes, the Knyaz of Polotsk with the
men of Polotsk, and the whole Russian Land proper, approached Novgorod. And the men of Novgorod stood firm for Knyaz Roman Mstislavits, grandson of Izyaslav, and for Posadnik Yakun, and
constructed a defence about the town. Knyaz Roman with the men of Novgorod defeated them
Civil war, Prince Andrei Bogoliubskii of Vladimir sacks Kiev
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