Historian: “They don’t like Moscow because of the grandson of Alexander Nevsky”
Since the time of Prince Ivan Kalita, the Russian capital has been suspected of embezzling money from other regions.
Historian Alexander Myasnikov stated this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
According to him, back in Soviet times people said that “Moscow is raking in all the money.”
“I was once in Belarus, where my aunt and uncle lived. And they said quite sincerely: “We grow everything here in order to feed Moscow.” And it was useless to convince,” said the publication’s interlocutor.
He also explained where this attitude towards Moscow comes from.
“Oddly enough, Moscow has not been loved since the time of Ivan Kalita, the grandson of Alexander Nevsky. He acted very cunningly: when we had relations with the Horde, “numerals” came here and collected money. Because of this, there were uprisings and all sorts of troubles... And Kalita convinced the Mongols: “Why are you coming and messing with the people’s minds? How much do you need? 10 thousand? I’ll collect it and give it to you.” And they were very happy with it,” the historian noted.
“No one knows how much Kalita gave, and how much he collected. And then he began to buy up principalities... And from that moment on, since the time of Kalita, other principalities suspect Moscow of embezzling their money and do not like it,” says Myasnikov.
Historian : "Moscow is disliked because of Alexander Nevsky's grandson"