Losy emigrantów moskiewskich w Wielkim Księstwie Litewskim na przykładzie rodzin Kołyczewów i Neledińskich
The Fate of Muscovite Emigrants in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on the Example of Kolychev and Neledinsky Families

Summary/Abstract: Based on the example of the Kolychev and Neledinsky families, the article discusses some forms of emigration to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Muscovite state in the second half of the fifteenth and early sixteenth century. The main task was to trace the roots of the analysed families, determine the reason for their appearance in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and see their adaptation to the local environment. It has been proved that the Neledinskys originated from the Novgorodian Land, from Biezhetsky Verkh, and they migrated to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the duke of Vereya. Moreover, both families were associated with the court of the dukes of Vereya at different times. The Kolychevs, on the other hand, descended from the servant nobility of Moscow, who also received landed estates in the Novgorodian Land, and their migration was originally economic. At the end of the fifteenth century, Timofiey Kolychev found himself in a situation of internal migration – because of the war with Moscow, he moved from the Smolensk principality to the Kiernov district. The Kolychevs were also connected with the court of Albertas Goštautas, as were the Neledinskys, whose relative Vasily Kobylin served as Goštautas’ court marshal. The analysis of the archival sources made it possible to establish the end date of Semen Podberesky’s term as Kiernov’s governor and the new governor’s name.

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