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The Primary Chronicle records Sviatoslav as the first ruler of the Kievan Rus' with a name of Slavic origin, as opposed to his predecessors, whose names had Old Norse forms. . Some scholars see the name of Sviatoslav, composed of the Slavic roots for "holy" and "glory", as an artificial derivation combining the names of his predecessors Oleg and Rurik, [16] but modern researchers question the ...
Oleg's murder of Lyut', son of Sveneld.Miniature from the Radziwiłł Chronicle (15th century). Shortly before his death, according to the Primary Chronicle (PVL) in the year 6478 (970), [2] Sviatoslav had appointed his sons over various parts of Kievan Rus': Yaropolk as prince of Kiev (modern Kyiv), Oleg as prince of Dereva, and Volodimer as prince of Novgorod.
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.
Sviatoslav I of Kiev (c. 942 – 972), emperor of Rus Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027–1076), prince of Kiev and Chernigov Sviatoslav III of Kiev (before 1141–1194), prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Vladimir and Volyn (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novgorod-Seversky (1157–1164), Chernigov (1164–1177), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174, 1177–1180 ...
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.
Luckily for Iziaslav, Sviatoslav died in 1076 and he was able to return to Kiev on 15 July 1077 to once again rule. [citation needed] A conflict broke out after Sviatoslav's death about the rightful succession to Chernigov. Iziaslav and Vsevolod drove out Sviatoslav's son Oleg in April 1078. That summer, Oleg's brother Gleb, who was still ...
Sviatoslav of Kiev may refer to: Sviatoslav I of Kiev (c. 942–972) Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027–1076) Sviatoslav III of Kiev (died 1194) This page was last edited ...
The Battle of Liubech (1016) was a clash between the troops of Sviatopolk (prince of Kiev and Turov) and his brother Yaroslav (prince of Novgorod) near the town of Liubech (modern Chernihiv Oblast). It was part of the Kievan succession crisis of 1015–1019 that broke out between the brothers after the death of prince Volodimer I of Kiev (1015).