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Grand princes of Kiev

  • Vladimir the GreatIn 978, a Varangian army marched on Kiev to depose Yaropolk. Vladimir, the illegitimate youngest son of Sviatoslav I, had fled abroad after his brother Oleg…
  • Sviatopolk I of KievSviatopolk I Vladimirovich was born to a Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I in Bulgaria. Her marriage to Yaropolk I ended when Yaropolk's brother Vladimir…
  • Yaroslav the WiseYaroslav I Vladimirovich arrived in the world as one of many sons born to Vladimir the Great and Rogneda of Polotsk. His exact age remains a subject of…