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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 ...
He succeeded in taking the Kievan throne from Yaroslav II, and ruled Kiev alongside Rurik Rostislavich until his death. The co-princedom did not go smoothly and there were disagreements between Sviatoslav and Rurik, [ 4 ] until Sviatoslav was taken ill and died on 27 July 1194.
Sviatoslav I of Kiev (c. 942–972) Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027–1076) Sviatoslav III of Kiev (died 1194) This page was last edited on 30 December 2019, at 06:10 ...
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.
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).
Sviatoslav Shevchuk (Ukrainian: Святосла́в Шевчу́к; born 5 May 1970 in Stryi, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian Catholic prelate who has served as the Major Archbishop of Kyiv–Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) since 25 March 2011.
English: The monument is erected in Kiev, on Krasnozvesdniy Blvd., year 2002. The monument is 9 meters high, figure of prince is 3,5 meters high.The authors are Oles Sidoruk and Boris Krylov. Materials: granite and bronze.
Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich (Old East Slavic: Ст҃ославь Ӕрославичь; [a] 1027 – 27 December 1076) [1] was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. [3] He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the Sviatoslavichi branch of Rurikids. [2]