Upon the death of his father in 1306, he managed to keep his power despite the claims from Ivan Yaroslavich and Mikhail Yaroslavich (rulers of Pronsk).
Vasily Smyslov | Anatoly Konstantinovich Rozhdestvensky | Vasily Zhukovsky | Vasily Livanov | Vasily Golovnin | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy | Vasily Polenov | Dmitry Konstantinovich Belyaev | Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov | Vasily Rainchik | Vasily Perov | Vasily Lanovoy | Vasily Kafanov | Vasily Kachalov | Vasily Gorodtsov | Vasily Chapayev | Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev | Vasily Vasilievsky | Vasily Vasilievich Struve | Vasily Sokolovsky | Vasily Petrenko | Vasily Pavlovich Rochev | Vasily Orlov-Denisov | Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko | Vasily Konstantinovich | Vasily Kazakov | Vasily Karasev | Vasily Fyodorovich Trutovsky | Vasily Fesenkov | Vasily Dolgorukov |
In January, 1229 his army repulsed a raid of the Russian princes Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, Vasily Konstantinovich and Vsevolod Konstantinovich.