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[[File:Facial Chronicle - b.09, p.498 - Bobrok Volynets.jpg|thumb|''Bobrok's ambush regiment''. A miniature from the [[Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible]].]]
Prince '''Dmitry Mikhailovich Bobrok''' ("Little Beaver") was a general, [[boyar]] and brother-in-law of [[Dmitry I of Moscow]]. His military prowess is glorified in the 15th-century ''[[Tale of the Rout of Mamai]]''.
Bobrok's parentage is the subject of a long-running dispute. Most sources call him a [[Volhynia]]n princeling. He could have been a junior member of the [[Rurikid]] [[Ostrogski family|House of Ostrog]]<ref>Кузьмин А. В. Фамилии, потерявшие княжеский титул в XIV — 1-й трети XV в. (Ч. 1: Всеволож Заболоцкие, Волынские, Липятины) // Герменевтика древнерусской литературы. Выпуск 11. — М.: Языки славянской культуры; Прогресс-традиция, 2004. — С. 718—742.</ref> or a grandson of [[Gediminas]] of [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]], probably one of [[Karijotas]]'s sons.<ref>Tęgowski J. Pierwsze pokolenia Gedyminowiczów. — Poznań-Wrocław, 1999. — s. 170—171.</ref> It has also been speculated that he held the village of [[Bibrka|Bobrka]] on the [[Boberka River]] as a fief from [[Liubartas]].<ref name="vlasyev">Власьев Г. А. Род Волынских. СПб.: Тип. Морского Министерства, 1911. Стр. 2.</ref>
Bobrok was one of the first Lithuanian princes to enter the Muscovite service. He led the Muscovite army against [[Oleg II of Ryazan]] in 1371 and successfully raided [[Volga Bulgaria]] in 1376. He was in charge of the conquest of [[Severia]] in 1379 and was in command of a regiment lying in ambush during the great [[Battle of Kulikovo]] in 1380.
Bobrok is not mentioned in any sources after 1389. [[Valentin Yanin]] has speculated that he took the tonsure after his son had been killed by a fall from a horse. The [[Bobrenev Monastery]] in [[Kolomna]] claims Bobrok as its founder. Yanin has argued that St. [[Michael of Klopsk]] was his son or grandson.<ref>Янин В. Л. К вопросу о происхождении Михаила Клопского // Археографический ежегодник за 1978 г. — М.: Наука, 1979. — С. 52—61.</ref> The [[Artemy Volynsky|Volynsky]] boyar family also claims patrilineal descent from Bobrok.<ref name="vlasyev"/>
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