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Sviatoslav's mother, Olga, with her escort in Constantinople, a miniature from the late 11th century chronicle of John Skylitzes. Sviatoslav's appearance has been described very clearly by Leo the Deacon, who himself attended the meeting of Sviatoslav with John I Tzimiskes. Following Deacon's memories, Sviatoslav was a bright-eyed man of ...
On 10 December 2016, it was renamed in honor of prince Sviatoslav I. [5] [6] In 2018, the Sviatoslav battalion was reduced to a company with 90 personnel in service. [7] In 2023, it became a part of the Enei Battalion of the Liut Brigade [8] It is currently operating as a part of the Enei Battalion during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [9]
Ivan Akimov, Sviatoslav's return from the Danube to his family in Kiev (1773). Tretyakov Gallery. The Pecheneg leader then decided to confer with Pretich and asked him whether he was Sviatoslav. Pretich admitted that he was only a general but warned the Pecheneg ruler that his unit was a vanguard of Sviatoslav's approaching army.
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych [7] (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; [a] [b] [9] Christian name: Basil; [10] c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", [11] was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015.
Yaropolk was given Kiev by his father Sviatoslav I, who left on a military campaign against the Danube Bulgars. Soon after Sviatoslav's death, however, civil war began between Yaropolk and his brothers. According to one chronicle, Yaropolk's brother Oleg killed Lyut, the son of Yaropolk's chief adviser and military commander Sveneld ...
Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942?- 972) Svyatoslav III Igorevich (1176 – 1211), Rus' prince This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 06:10 (UTC). Text is ...
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Sviatoslav Igorevich gathered 10,000 or 60,000 troops and started his campaign in the early spring of 968. He met the Bulgarians, who were less than his army , near Silistra. The battle continued the whole day and until dark the Bulgarians seemed to have overwhelmed the Kievans, but, elated by Sviatoslav's personal example, the latter were ...