Pressing Historiography Questions of Halych-Volyn Prince Roman Mstyslavovych’s Life

Abstract

The paper analyses pressing historiography questions of Prince Roman Mstyslavovych’s life activity. It conciders the most discussible questions of home and foreign policy of the Halych-Volyn leader focusing on the interstate relations between Rus’, Byzantium, Poland, Hungary and Germany in the late 12th and early 13th century. The author clarifies circumstances of the second marriage of Roman Mstyslavovych, traces hypotheses about the origin of Great princess Romanova, the connection of Halych-Byzantine political union with military campaigns of Prince Roman against polovtzy. The article also deals with the political program of «good order» and the Western vector of the foreign policy of Roman Mstyslavovych. The conclusions about the role of Prince Roman in the political system of that time have been drawn. All this is important for proper understanding of the place of the first Halych-Volyn prince in history.