Doctor of Historical sciences, proffesor, Nizhnevartovsk State University Nizhnevartovsk, Russia [email protected]
Abstract:On the basis of Kungursky chronicle the fragments of which came to us as part of Remezov’s «The Siberian History», the scientists unanimously believe that the head of the Cossack campaign (most likely in the spring of 1583) in the Lower Ob region esaul Bogdan Bryazga or (this opinion is preferable) «head ataman» Ermak subdued the Belogorsky Principality; its governor Samar was killed and the power over the lands of the Lower Ob region was transferred by the Cossacks to Alach – Prince of Koda, who since that time became the vassal or even the governor of Moscow. Others sources, including earlier and more reliable ones, do not report about it, although they mention, for example, about the capture of Nazym Prince (sometimes called Kazym Prince) during the same campaign. Taking into account the later origin of Kungursky chronicle (formed in the Cossack environment in the last decades of the XVII century) depicted the folklore versions of «The Siberian Capture» we think that the abundance doubtful news in this monument, the lack of information about the practice of appointment of the local rulers by free Cossacks, taking into account information of the source about the relationships between Koda princes and Russian administrators of Siberia in 1590-ies, this often repeated by researchers chronicle version should be rejected. Alach could acknowledge their dependence on the Russian government formed by Charter of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich in the middle of the previous decade like Kunovat-Lyapin Prince Luguy and Kazym Murza Tsyngop (Sengep). However to consider Alach and his son Igichey governors of Moscow in the Lower Ob region is not to be, because this region was ruled by voivodes and head clerks Beryozovsky district, Koda was the part of this district since the summer of 1593.
Key words: Koda Principality, «The Siberian Capture», Yermak, Bogdan Bryazga, Belogorsky Principality, Remezov chronicle, Kungursky chronicle, Ivan IV, Fyodor Ivanovich, Charter, synodic to «Ermak’s Cossacks».