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an errand for Oleg and for Igor', the prince's son, and requesting that they should come forth to greet them as members of their race. Askold and Dir straightway came forth. Then all the soldiery jumped out of the boats, and Oleg said to Askold and Dir, "You are not princes nor even of princely stock, but I am of princely birth." Igor' was then brought forward, and Oleg announced that he was the son of Rurik. They killed Askold and Dir, and after carrying them to the hill, they buried them there, on the hill now known as Hungarian, where the castle of Ol'ma now stands.
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reigned there. He hid his warriors in the boats, left some others behind, and went forward himself bearing the child Igor'. He thus came to the foot of the Hungarian hill, and after concealing his troops, he sent messengers to Askold and Dir, representing himself as a stranger on his way to Greece on
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blames his death on his own excessive greed, indicating that he tried to collect tribute for a second time in a month. As a result, Olga changed the system of tribute gathering (
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argues that the Swedish princess Efanda, whose existence has been questioned by many historians, was Igor's mother. According to Tatishchev, the name "Ingor" comes from the
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argues that Igor actually reigned for three years, between summer 941 and his death in early 945. Zuckerman argues that the 33-year reign attributed to Igor in the
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to the prince's feet and tied them to his legs; then they let the trees straighten again, thus tearing the prince's body apart." Igor's widow
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is the result of its author's faulty interpretation of Byzantine sources. Indeed, none of Igor's activities recorded in the
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bequeathed his realm to Oleg, who belonged to his kin, and entrusted to Oleg's hands his son Igor', for he was very young.
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6388–6390 (880–882). Oleg set forth, taking with him many warriors from among the Varangians, the
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Little is known about him between the years 912 and 941 due to a gap in the chronicle record.
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from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of
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and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. According to the
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Tatishchev. The History of Russia. Part 1, Chapter 4
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Index

Igor I
Igor II of Kiev

Radziwiłł Chronicle
Prince of Kiev
Oleg
Sviatoslav I
Prince of Novgorod
Rurik
Sviatoslav I
Oleg
Iskorosten
Olga
Issue
Sviatoslav I
Dynasty
Rurik
Rurik
Church Slavonic
Old Norse
Prince of Kiev
Rurik
Novgorod
Primary Chronicle
Oleg
Primary Chronicle
Rurik
Rurik
Chuds
Merians

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