Vladimir, in his new status of prince-viceroy after his father left for the war for the grand princely throne of Kiev, had to go through difficult trials in six months. His own uncle, the Dorogobuzh appanage prince, initiated a rebellion in Smolensk, which was crushed by Vladimir by the force of arms of his new infantry regiments. The rebellion drowned in blood and the death of his father in Kiev, which surrendered to him with the help of the Polovtsy Khan Kotyan, open new horizons for Vladimir...