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    (Hungarians). Following the death of his father Igor in 945, Sviatoslav's mother Olga reigned as regent in Kiev until 962. His decade-long reign over the Kievan Rus'...
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    Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (Old East Slavic: Ст҃ославь Ӕрославичь; 1027 – 27 December 1076) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073...
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    oldest son of Sviatoslav I. His mother was Malusha, who was a steward in the household of his grandmother, Olga of Kiev. Yaropolk was given Kiev by his father...
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    their grand prince. Vsevolod and Sviatoslav made no attempt to expel the usurper from Kiev. Vsevolod supported Sviatoslav against Iziaslav. They forced their...
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    Iziaslav, Sviatoslav died in 1076 and he was able to return to Kiev on July 15, 1077 to once again rule. A conflict broke out after Sviatoslav's death about...
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    (Church Slavonic: Игорь; Old Norse: Ingvarr; c. 877 – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik,...
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    Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir. Vladimir's father was Sviatoslav I of the Rurik...
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    (1173) Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich of Kiev (1174) Yaroslav II Iziaslavich (1174–1175) Roman Rostislavich (Second Term) (1175–1177) Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich...
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    [citation needed] Reduced to extremes, Sviatoslav's mother Olga of Kiev (who was in Kiev together with all of Sviatoslav's sons) contemplated surrender if Pretich...
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    prince of Novgorod in 1034. Three other sons—Iziaslav I, Sviatoslav II, and Vsevolod I—reigned in Kiev one after another. The youngest children of Yaroslav...
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    several hard-fought battles he defeated Grand Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev. Tzimiskes and Sviatoslav ended up negotiating a truce, in which weaponry, armor...
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    Kievan Rus' (redirect from Kiev Empire)
    Principality of Kiev and Novgorod, for the eldest son Iziaslav I of Kiev, who became grand prince. Principality of Chernihiv and Tmutarakan, for Sviatoslav II of...
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    Bulgaria and Byzantium, who would now join forces against Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev, whom the Byzantine emperor had pitted against the Bulgarians. In...
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    Kyiv (redirect from Kiev)
    Rurikid prince who ruled 882–912 Olga of Kiev (c. 900–969), a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960 Nicholas Pritzker, scion...
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    as Askold and Dir and Olga of Kiev reportedly converted to Christianity, but Oleg the Wise, Igor of Kiev and Sviatoslav I remained pagans. According to...
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    or Kiev (/ˈkiːɛv/ KEE-ev) Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯] [citation needed] Russian: Киев (pre-1918 Кіевъ), romanized: Kiev, pronounced...
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  • Rus' Khaganate (section Kiev)
     980–1015) Yaroslav the Wise (r. 1019–1054), and perhaps Sviatoslav II of Kiev (r. 1073–1076) and Oleg I of Chernigov (r. 1097–1115) were occasionally identified...
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  • death, his son Sviatopolk I (later nicknamed "The Accursed") seized the throne and killed three of his brothers, Sviatoslav of Smolensk and the better-known...
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  • Emperor. They had two children: Oda of Stade, married Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev. Oda is believed to have arranged the marriage of her...
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    neighbors. Sviatoslav II and Vsevolod I unite the Kievan forces and expel their brother Iziaslav I. Sviatoslav II becomes Grand Prince of Kiev. October...
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    Rogneda of Polotsk (category Princesses consort of Kiev (before 1019))
    prince of Kiev. Searching for allies, Vladimir proposed to Rogvolod a marriage-tie by wedding his daughter Rogned' (Rogneda), but she declared: "I do not...
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    Oleg of Novgorod, using pagan opposition, captured Kiev . Oleg's successor at the Kiev table, Igor I (913–945), was tolerant of Christianity and did not...
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    to those of Novgorod and Kiev, culminating with the rule of Alexander Nevsky. In 1169, Andrey I's son sacked the city of Kiev, but Andrey instead stayed...
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    (835–879), prince and founder of ancient Rus' Igor of Kiev (878–946), prince of Kievan Rus Sviatoslav I (942–972), grand prince of Kievan Rus Vladimir the...
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  • ortatu suscepit) around 988. He supposedly had a few hundred concubines in Kiev and in the country residence of Berestovo.[citation needed] He is also said...
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  • history of Ukraine. This page includes the titles of the Grand Prince of Kiev, Grand Prince of Chernigov, Grand Prince of Pereiaslavl, Grand Prince of...
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    was the name of a Pecheneg prince and khan who allied with Svyatoslav I of Kiev in his campaigns in the Balkans. Later, after Svyatoslav's defeat by the...
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    description of Kiev, he may have mentioned the route of the Volga Bulgars and the Khazars, which was perhaps taken from Sviatoslav I of Kiev. He also published...
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    Hungarian March. Their daughter Oda of Stade married Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev. (possibly) Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile, of the...
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    armies of neighbouring states, such as the Russian Provisional Government (Kiev Bolshevik Uprising November 1917), the Russian SFSR (Ukrainian War of Independence...
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