[4][5] Vsevolod disputed his claim and received the patent for the principality from Jani Beg, and on the way back, he intercepted Vasily at the town of Bezdezh and "robbed him", leaving him empty-handed and forcing him to return to his patrimony of Kashin.

[4] Vsevolod received the backing of Simeon, who married his sister in 1347, but Theognostus, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, disapproved of this and initially refused to give them his blessing.

[6] The feud between Vsevolod and Vasily continued, leading to internecine fighting and civil strife, as evidenced by what the Nikon Chronicle says: "The Tverites suffered sorely and many of them scattered abroad because of this derangement (nestroeniyd)".

[8] The Nikon Chronicle says that Feodor, the bishop of Tver, convinced Vsevolod and Vasily to make peace and to amicably discuss the dynastic issue.

[9] The Nikon Chronicle, which is the only source of information about the feud, stresses the role of Feodor in resolving the crisis, who can be assumed to be acting in the interests of the metropolitan and the grand prince, according to John L. I.

[10] Ekkehard Klug [de] disagrees with Fennell's view and says that the bishop of Tver was not simply acting in their interests, as relations between Vsevolod and Moscow had been growing increasingly close and the Muscovites had no reason to support Vasily without cause.

[11] Vsevolod was not allowed to join the other Russian princes who went to the Horde to congratulate the new khan in 1357, and he was stopped on his way at Pereyaslavl by the governors of Ivan II of Moscow.