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Sviatoslav I

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or Chersonesos. Byzantine sources also report that Kalokyros attempted to persuade Sviatoslav to support Kalokyros in a coup against the reigning Byzantine emperor. As remuneration for his help, Sviatoslav was supposed to retain a permanent hold on Bulgaria. Modern historians, however, assign little
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All figures in this article, including the numbers of Sviatoslav's troops, are based on the reports of Byzantine sources, which may differ from those of the Slavonic chronicles. Greek sources report Khazars and "Turks" in Sviatoslav's army as well as Pechenegs. As used in such Byzantine writings as
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hypothesizes that Olga hoped to orchestrate a marriage between Sviatoslav and a Byzantine princess. If her proposal was peremptorily declined (as it most certainly would have been), it is hardly surprising that Sviatoslav would look at the Byzantine Empire and her Christian culture with suspicion.
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was among many historians to speculate that Volodislav was Igor's eldest son and heir who died at some point during Olga's regency. Another chronicle relates that Oleg (? – 977?) was the eldest son of Igor. At the time of Igor's death, Sviatoslav was still a child, and he was raised by his
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and other anti-Semitic organizations, as well as by his involvement in the "letter of 500", a controversial appeal to the Prosecutor General to review all Jewish organizations in Russia for extremism. The Press Centre of the Belgorod Regional Administration responded by stating that a planned
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in the mouth of the Danube due to the great potential of that location as a commercial hub. In the Primary Chronicle record for 969, Sviatoslav explains that it is to Pereyaslavets, the centre of his lands, "all the riches flow: gold, silks, wine, and various fruits from
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and force them into subservience. Therefore, Khazar successor statelets continued their precarious existence in the region. The destruction of Khazar imperial power paved the way for Kievan Rus' to dominate north–south trade routes through the steppe and across the
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For the alternative translations of the same passage of the Greek original that say that Sviatoslav may have not shaven but wispy beard and not one but two sidelocks on each side of his head, see e.g. Ian Heath "The Vikings (Elite 3)", Osprey Publishing 1985;
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In summer 969, Sviatoslav left Rus' again, dividing his dominion into three parts, each under a nominal rule of one of his sons. At the head of an army that included Pecheneg and Magyar auxiliary troops, he invaded Bulgaria again, devastating
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Anna Litvina. Fyodor Uspensky. The choice of the name of the Russian princes in the X-XVI centuries. Dynastic history through the prism of anthroponymy. – Moscow, 2006 .-- 904 p. – 1000 copies. – ISBN 5-85759-339-5. – P.
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because the Khazars collected duties from the goods transported by the Volga. Historians have suggested that the Byzantine Empire may have incited the Rus' against the Khazars, who fell out with the Byzantines after the persecutions of the
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as a sign of his nobility. He preferred to dress in white, and it was noted that his garments were much cleaner than those of his men, although he had a lot in common with his warriors. He wore a single large gold earring bearing a
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at the mouth of the Dnieper, where they made camp for the winter. Several months later, according to the Primary Chronicle, their camp was devastated by famine, so that even a horse's head could not be bought for less than a
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named Asmud. The tradition of employing Varangian tutors for the sons of ruling princes survived well into the 11th century. Sviatoslav appears to have had little patience for administration. His life was spent with his
1073:, and massacring its inhabitants. Nikephoros responded by repairing the defenses of Constantinople and raising new squadrons of armored cavalry. In the midst of his preparations, Nikephoros was overthrown and killed by 1271:(1772). The Russian playwright chose to introduce Sviatoslav as his protagonist, although his active participation in the events following Igor's death is out of sync with the traditional chronology. Knyazhnin's rival 803:
as well. At Sarkel he established a Rus' settlement called Belaya Vyezha ("the white tower" or "the white fortress", the East Slavic translation for "Sarkel"). He subsequently destroyed the Khazar capital of
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monument to Sviatoslav had not yet been constructed but would show "respect towards representatives of all nationalities and religions." When the statue was unveiled, the shield bore a twelve-pointed star.
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all of his life. Due to his abrupt death in an ambush, his conquests, for the most part, were not consolidated into a functioning empire, while his failure to establish a stable succession led to a
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Christian 345. It is disputed whether Sviatoslav invaded the land of Vyatichs that year. The only campaign against the Vyatichs explicitly mentioned in the Primary Chronicle is dated to 966.
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attacked Byzantine possessions in the south of Italy. This remarkable coincidence may be interpreted as an evidence of the anti-Byzantine German-Russian alliance. See: Manteuffel 41.
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John Tzimiskes first attempted to persuade Sviatoslav to leave Bulgaria, but he was unsuccessful. Challenging Byzantine authority, Sviatoslav crossed the Danube and laid siege to
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Constantine VII pointed out that, by virtue of their controlling the Dnieper cataracts, the Pechenegs may easily attack and destroy the Rus' vessels sailing along the river.
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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
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in 944. Close military ties between the Rus' and Byzantium are illustrated by the fact, reported by John Skylitzes, that a Rus' detachment accompanied Byzantine Emperor
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from 945 until his death in 972. He is known for his persistent campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers in Eastern Europe,
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Christian 298. The Primary Chronicle is very succinct about the whole campaign against the Khazars, saying only that Sviatoslav "took their city and Belaya Vezha".
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mentions a certain Predslava, Volodislav's wife, as the noblest of the Rus' women after Olga. The fact that Predslava was Oleg's mother is presented by
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The chronicler may have wished to contrast Sviatoslav's open declaration of war to stealthy tactics employed by many other early medieval conquerors.
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The use of a defeated enemy's skull as a drinking vessel is reported by numerous authors through history among various steppe peoples, such as the
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Grekov 445–446. The Byzantine sources report the enemy casualties to be as high as 20,000, a figure modern historians find to be highly improbable.
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The exact date of Sviatoslav's Bulgarian campaign, which likely did not commence until the conclusion of his Khazar campaign, is unknown.
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Most historians believe the Greeks were interested in the destruction of Khazaria. Another school of thought essentializes the report of
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Hanak, Walter K. (1995), "The Infamous Svjatoslav: Master of Duplicity in War and Peace?", in Miller, Timothy S.; Nesbitt, John (eds.),
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Sviatoslav refused to turn his Balkan conquests over to the Byzantines, and the parties fell out as a result. To the chagrin of his
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Very little is known of Sviatoslav's family life. It is possible that he was not the only (or the eldest) son of his parents. The
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seems to imply, she should have been about 65 at the time of Sviatoslav's birth. There are clearly some problems with chronology.
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all of his life. In the treaty of 971 between Sviatoslav and the Byzantine emperor John I Tzimiskes, the Rus' swore by the gods
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reported that the Byzantines and Rus' collaborated in the conquest of a Khazar kingdom in the Crimea in 1016, and still later,
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Shortly after his accession to the throne, Sviatoslav began campaigning to expand Rus' control over the Volga valley and the
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The annihilation of Khazaria was undertaken against the background of the Rus'-Byzantine alliance, concluded in the wake of
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patriots due to his great military successes. His figure first attracted attention of Russian artists and poets during the
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and his mother (who died within three days after learning about his decision), Sviatoslav decided to move his capital to
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Sviatoslav had several children, but the origin of his wives is not specified in the chronicle. By his wives, he had
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culture, greatly changing the demographics and culture of the transitional area between the forest and the steppe.
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The Kievan Rus' at the beginning of Sviatoslav's reign (in red), showing his sphere of influence to 972 (in orange)
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feud among his three sons, resulting in the deaths of Yaropolk and Oleg, while Vladimir emerged as the sole ruler.
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is identical to Sviatoslav, as the Norse rendition of the Slavic name. The 10th-century Eastern Roman Emperor
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Vernadsky 276–277. The sidelock is reminiscent of Turkic hairstyles and practices and was later mimicked by
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Paul R. Magocsi (2010) A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples, University of Toronto Press, p. 68,
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and proceeded to occupy the whole of northern Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the Byzantines bribed the Pechenegs to
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Following Sviatoslav's death, tensions among his sons grew. A war broke out between his legitimate sons,
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mother or under her instructions. Her influence, however, did not extend to his religious observance.
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that, prior to the Danube campaign, the Byzantines and the Rus' were at war. See Sakharov, chapter I.
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specifies that Sviatoslav resettled the Ossetians near Kiev, but Sakharov finds this claim dubitable.
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Russian Primary Chronicle (ПСРЛ. — Т. 2. Ипатьевская летопись. — СПб., 1908) for year 6472.
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In November 2011, a Ukrainian fisherman found a one metre long sword in the waters of the Dnieper on
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Pursuit of Sviatoslav's warriors by the Byzantine army, a miniature from 11th century chronicles of
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in the Balkans seemed to have been legitimized by Sviatoslav's campaigns eight centuries earlier.
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against the Khazars in the Caucasus in 1030. For more information on these and other references,
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region had erected a monument to Sviatoslav's victory over the Khazars by the Russian sculptor
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Press Release), 23 November 2005; Dahan, David, "Jews protest trampled Star of David statue",
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and returned in 978. Yaropolk was killed, and Vladimir became the sole ruler of Kievan Rus'.
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of fomenting strife between the Rus' and the Pechenegs. According to the Slavic chronicle,
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Fearing that the peace with Sviatoslav would not endure, the Byzantine emperor induced the
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by Sviatoslav, the Rus' leader did not bother to occupy the Khazar heartlands north of the
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Almost nothing is known about Sviatoslav's childhood and youth, which he spent reigning in
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to kill Sviatoslav before he reached Kiev. This was in line with the policy outlined by
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Indeed, Franklin and Shepard advanced the hypothesis that Sfengus was identical with
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vassal tribes of the Khazars to his cause. Those who would not join him, such as the
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Les tentatives d'entrainement de la Russie de Kiev dans la sphere d'influence latin
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Shared maternal paternity of Yaropolk and Oleg is a matter of debate by historians.
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Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204
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of Russia. The controversy was further exacerbated by Klykov's connections with
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of Sviatoslav in the early 20th century. Sviatoslav appears in the 1913 poem of
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Monument to Svyatoslav the Brave in the village of Stari Petrivtsi, Kyiv region
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Khazarian state and its role in the history of Eastern Europe and the Caucasus
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The campaign against the Ossetians is attested in the Primary Chronicle. The
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permanently. On his way back to Kiev, Sviatoslav chose to strike against the
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until Sviatoslav reached maturity (ca. 963). Sviatoslav was tutored by a
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Peace and War in Byzantium: Essays in Honor of George T. Dennis, S.J.
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proposed that the sack of Sarkel came after the destruction of Atil.
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around 965, possibly sacking (but not occupying) the Khazar city of
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Boris II was captured by the Byzantines in 971 and carried off to
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Froianov, I. Ia.; A. Iu. Dvornichenko; Iu. V. Krivosheev (1992).
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as subordinate princes of Kiev and Drelinia, while he appointed
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Interest in Sviatoslav's career increased in the 19th century.
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early in 972. The Primary Chronicle reports that his skull was
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mercenaries in this campaign, perhaps to counter the superior
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She is traditionally identified in Russian historiography as
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fled abroad to escape Oleg's fate where he raised an army of
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Sviatoslav's appearance has been described very clearly by
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Sviatoslav's Return from the Danube to His Family in Kiev
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The town was an important trade center located near the
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origin, as opposed to his predecessors, whose names had
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Gasparov, Boris; Raevsky-Hughes, Olga (10 July 2018).
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645:, a woman of indeterminate origins, Sviatoslav had 244: 234: 224: 212: 184: 174: 162: 145: 141: 131: 123: 116: 105: 95: 85: 77: 70: 49: 2936:Franklin, Simon; Shepard, Jonathan (6 June 2014). 2337:The Russian History in the Mirror of the Fine Arts 2198:by Constantine Porphyrogenitus, "Turks" refers to 2182:historical importance to this story. Kendrick 157. 1351:In 2005, reports circulated that a village in the 342:in Kiev until 962. His decade-long reign over the 2383:. Cambridge University Press, 1987. Pages 122–123 1294:depicted an episode of Sviatoslav's meeting with 1540:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 167. 876:Sviatoslav invading Bulgaria, Manasses Chronicle 2915:Feldbrugge, Ferdinand J. M. (20 October 2017). 2573:A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. 1938:'s sister; for other theories on her identity, 1668: 1342:The Lost Kingdom, or the Passing of the Khazars 1044:, and from Rus' furs, wax, honey, and slaves". 2790:. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988. 2580:The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text 1379:Sviatoslav is the main character of the books 1092:, John Tzimiskes sent his commander-in-chief, 520:Sviatoslav's mother, Olga, with her escort in 2731: 2725: 2719: 2560: 2554: 2548: 2542: 2533: 1708: 1335:The cry of the bright ones: "I come at you!" 1077:, who thus became the new Byzantine emperor. 943: 419:records Sviatoslav as the first ruler of the 8: 2691: 2642:, The Catholic University of America Press, 2217:A History of the Byzantine State and Society 1997:For Sviatoslav's reliance on nomad cavalry, 1287:rendering of early medieval subject matter. 393:In contrast with his mother's conversion to 2698: 2578:Cross, S. H., and O. P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor. 2467:Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS 2095:around 985, long after Sviatoslav's death. 1680: 1620: 1281:Sviatoslav's Return from the Danube to Kiev 1263:Among the works created during the war was 657:reported that Vladimir had a brother named 3047: 2443:, 21 November 2005; Kozhevnikova, Galina, 1758: 1656: 1632: 1172:attempted to warn Sviatoslav to avoid the 950: 936: 928: 895:In 967 or 968, Nikephoros sent his agent, 55: 46: 2727:Drevniaya Rus' na Mezhdunarodnykh Putiakh 1111:Siege of Durostorum in Manasses Chronicle 382:, his son by his housekeeper and servant 791:Sviatoslav destroyed the Khazar city of 3027:Basilevsky, Alexander (28 March 2016). 1885:. In Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer (ed.). 1770:If Olga was indeed born in 879, as the 1584: 1572:A.P. Novoseltsev, Moscow, Nauka, 1990. 1523: 1490: 1438: 1403:. Sviatoslav plays a major role in the 1340:Sviatoslav is the villain of the novel 346:was marked by rapid expansion into the 2112:Khazars#Late references to the Khazars 1695: 1608: 1000:Constantinople & Aegean Sea (1043) 888:in his victorious naval expedition to 3213:10th-century princes from Kievan Rus' 2894:Bushkovitch, Paul (5 December 2011). 2303: 1644: 1329:Pouring the famed juice of the Danube 716:region. His greatest success was the 7: 3006:Hanak, Walter K. (10 October 2013). 2666:. Courier Dover Publications, 2004. 2486:. Rest in Ukraine. 23 September 2011 2381:Velimir Khlebnikov: A Critical Study 2091:refers to a Khazar potentate in the 1367:. This created an outcry within the 2831:Gleason, Abbott (28 January 2014). 2733:Древняя Русь на международных путях 2103:reported an unsuccessful attack by 1225:Sviatoslav has long been a hero of 319:, and at times was allied with the 1597:Gasparov & Raevsky-Hughes 2018 1298:in his well-known painting, while 330:Following the death of his father 25: 2873:Martin, Janet (6 December 2007). 2392:London: Shapiro, Vallentine, 1926 868:Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria 748:Sviatoslav began by rallying the 589:, he believed that his warriors ( 2939:The Emergence of Russia 750-1200 2165:, a Byzantine possession in the 623:Portrait of Sviatoslav I in the 397:, Sviatoslav remained a staunch 370:. In 970, he appointed his sons 3188:Murdered royalty of Kievan Rus' 1955:. Franklin and Shepard 200–201. 990:Thrace & Bulgaria (970–971) 362:. In 969, he moved his seat to 3218:10th-century murdered monarchs 2963:. Cambridge University Press. 2900:. Cambridge University Press. 2879:. Cambridge University Press. 2834:A Companion to Russian History 2806:Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959. 2600:The Emergence of Rus 750–1200. 2589:History of the Jewish Khazars. 2550:K Voprosu ob Imeni Sviatoslava 772:and Volga rivers, he attacked 573:in 957. Sviatoslav remained a 27:Prince of Kiev from 945 to 972 1: 2985:Curta, Florin (8 July 2019). 2065:Artamonov 428; Christian 298. 1808:Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, 1795:Cross and Sherbowitz-Wetzor, 1399:), written by Russian writer 1239:Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) 1119:, which the Byzantine armies 985:Bosporus & Bithynia (941) 289: 149: 32:Eastern Slavic naming customs 2858:. Univ of California Press. 2591:Princeton Univ. Press, 1954. 2359:"Велимир Хлебников Творения" 2272:Franklin and Shepard 149–150 1324:Светлых клич: "Иду на вы!". 1121:besieged for sixty-five days 788:of the Khazars and Bulgars. 764: 758: 651:convert Rus' to Christianity 605:Rus'-Byzantine treaty of 945 481:around 945, and his mother, 334:in 945, Sviatoslav's mother 276: 2897:A Concise History of Russia 2770:The Diplomacy of Svyatoslav 2726: 2555: 2549: 2534: 1669:Franklin & Shepard 2014 1468: 1409:The Legend of Princess Olga 1395: 1385: 824:Sviatoslav's Council of War 571:Constantine Porphyrogenitus 3244: 2810:Borrero, Mauricio (2009). 2401:(Moscow: Det. lit., 1989). 2043:Christian 297–298; Dunlop 1889:. M.E. Sharpe. p. 4. 1407:historical anthology film 1333:I shall drink and remember 1331:Into the depth of my head, 865: 465:Early life and personality 268: 30:In this name that follows 29: 3161: 3152: 3144: 3134: 3125: 3117: 3110: 3100: 3091: 3080: 3075: 3050: 2957:Stephenson, Paul (2000). 2876:Medieval Russia, 980-1584 2837:. John Wiley & Sons. 2732: 2720: 2680:2nd ed. Routledge, 1992. 2561: 2543: 2461:27 September 2007 at the 1860:Based on his analysis of 1709: 1477: 1457: 1449: 1036:, silver and horses from 965: 882:Igor's Byzantine campaign 54: 3104:Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich 2664:A History of the Vikings 2342:14 November 2006 at the 2195:De Administrando Imperio 2076:Novgorod First Chronicle 1916:Primary Chronicle _____. 1316: 1165:De Administrando Imperio 1115:Sviatoslav retreated to 1069:, capturing the city of 862:Campaigns in the Balkans 454:De Administrando Imperio 307:. He conquered numerous 3228:Sons of princes regnant 3183:Medieval child monarchs 2816:. Infobase Publishing. 2700:Acta Poloniae Historica 2602:London: Longman, 1996. 2450:10 January 2007 at the 1536:Morby, John E. (2002). 1322:Стану пить я, вспоминая 1192:The Death of Sviatoslav 1138:Basil the Bulgar-Slayer 915:attack and besiege Kiev 473:. Sviatoslav's father, 451:'s Greek-language work 3208:10th-century conflicts 2804:The Origins of Russia. 2699: 2692: 2678:The Vikings in History 2619:Encyclopaedia of Islam 2526:Encyclopaedia of Islam 2379:Cooke, Raymond Cooke. 2023:between the Volga and 1966:Encyclopaedia of Islam 1953:Mstislav of Tmutarakan 1430: 1338: 1320:Наливая в глубь главы, 1311:Written before the war 1260: 1198: 1184:by the Pecheneg khan. 1112: 1098:Battle of Arcadiopolis 1061: 1020: 877: 830: 745: 630: 529: 305:First Bulgarian Empire 261:Svyatoslav I Igorevich 18:Sviatoslav I Igorevich 3193:Grand princes of Kiev 3155:Rulers of Kievan Rus' 2754:Moscow: Nauka, 1990. 2705:Warsaw, t. 22, 1970. 2471:European Jewish Press 1428: 1346:Istoricheskie povesti 1318:Знаменитый сок Дуная, 1315: 1251: 1190: 1110: 1050: 1014: 875: 822: 743: 622: 561:Sviatoslav's mother, 519: 311:tribes, defeated the 3052:Sviatoslav I of Kiev 2594:Franklin, Simon and 2329:7 March 2007 at the 2105:al-Fadl ibn Muhammad 2056:Logan (1992), p. 202 1469:Sviatoslav Ihorovych 1140:four decades later. 980:Constantinople (907) 975:Constantinople (860) 909:the Bulgarian ruler 837:reports the sack of 718:conquest of Khazaria 697:(c. 958 – 1015) 477:, was killed by the 277:Svętoslavŭ Igorevičǐ 269:Свѧтославъ Игорєвичь 2661:Kendrick, Thomas D. 2175:peace treaty of 971 1868:Alexander Nazarenko 1182:made into a chalice 1162:Porphyrogenitus in 1144:Death and aftermath 959:Rus'–Byzantine Wars 907:Sviatoslav defeated 735:Romanus I Lecapenus 626:Tsarsky titulyarnik 585:. According to the 461:("Sfendostlabos"). 386:, as the prince of 3112:Titles in pretence 2788:Ukraine: A History 2748:Pletneva, Svetlana 2508:Artamonov, Mikhail 2473:, 22 November 2005 2171:Cimmerian Bosporus 2155:Mikhail Tikhomirov 2089:Mandgelis Document 1478:Святаслаў Ігаравіч 1458:Святослав Ігорович 1450:Святослав Игоревич 1431: 1308:Velimir Khlebnikov 1261: 1221:Art and literature 1199: 1113: 1062: 1056:, meeting between 1021: 970:Paphlagonia (830s) 878: 843:Caucasus Mountains 831: 746: 695:Vladimir the Great 682:Yaropolk I of Kiev 631: 530: 118:Prince of Novgorod 3171: 3170: 3162:Succeeded by 3135:Succeeded by 3101:Succeeded by 3088: 3040:978-0-7864-9714-0 3019:978-90-04-26022-1 2998:978-90-04-39519-0 2970:978-0-521-77017-0 2949:978-1-317-87224-5 2928:978-90-04-35214-8 2907:978-1-139-50444-7 2886:978-0-521-85916-5 2865:978-0-520-30247-1 2844:978-1-118-73000-3 2823:978-0-8160-7475-4 2676:Logan, Donald F. 2649:978-0-8132-0805-3 2565:) (Moscow, 1970). 1896:978-1-56324-039-3 1836:978-1-85532-848-8 1828:978-0-85045-565-6 1810:Primary Chronicle 1797:Primary Chronicle 1784:Primary Chronicle 1772:Primary Chronicle 1501:Primary Chronicle 1466: 1357:Vyacheslav Klykov 1304:equestrian statue 1008: 1007: 886:Nikephoros Phokas 810:Mikhail Artamonov 759:khochiu na vy iti 726:Volga trade route 708:Eastern campaigns 609:Vasily Tatishchev 587:Primary Chronicle 557:Religious beliefs 510:Primary Chronicle 507:According to the 416:Primary Chronicle 315:and attacked the 274: 254: 253: 16:(Redirected from 3235: 3145:Preceded by 3118:Preceded by 3086: 3081:Preceded by 3071: 3064: 3048: 3044: 3023: 3002: 2981: 2979: 2977: 2953: 2932: 2911: 2890: 2869: 2848: 2827: 2801:Vernadsky, G. 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Назаренко 2713: 2688: 2674: 2658: 2648: 2633: 2623: 2611: 2592: 2583: 2576: 2566: 2539: 2530: 2518: 2503: 2500: 2498: 2497: 2475: 2429: 2403: 2394: 2385: 2372: 2350: 2321:on the way to 2308: 2296: 2283: 2274: 2265: 2256: 2243: 2234: 2232:as a prisoner. 2230:Constantinople 2221: 2215:W. Treadgold, 2208: 2184: 2179:Constantinople 2147: 2138: 2125: 2123:Christian 298. 2116: 2080: 2067: 2058: 2049: 2041:See, generally 2033: 2012: 2003: 1990: 1978: 1969: 1957: 1944: 1927: 1918: 1909: 1895: 1873: 1871:Nazarenko 302. 1853: 1840: 1814: 1801: 1788: 1776: 1763: 1751: 1734: 1725: 1715: 1700: 1698:, p. 1-2. 1685: 1673: 1661: 1659:, p. 473. 1649: 1647:, p. 296. 1637: 1625: 1623:, p. 6-7. 1613: 1601: 1589: 1577: 1562: 1553: 1546: 1528: 1526:, p. 389. 1516: 1489: 1487: 1484: 1482: 1481: 1437: 1435: 1432: 1327: 1222: 1219: 1196:Boris Chorikov 1174:Dnieper rapids 1145: 1142: 1129:Berezan Island 1094:Bardas Skleros 1075:John Tzimiskes 1058:John Tzimiskes 1017:John Skylitzes 1006: 1005: 1003: 1002: 997: 992: 987: 982: 977: 972: 966: 963: 962: 957: 955: 954: 947: 940: 932: 866:Main article: 863: 860: 856:Saltovo-Mayaki 828:Boris Chorikov 776:. He employed 774:Volga Bulgaria 722:Eastern Europe 709: 706: 705: 704: 698: 686: 685: 679: 655:John Skylitzes 600: 597: 558: 555: 534:Leo the Deacon 526:John Skylitzes 522:Constantinople 466: 463: 410: 407: 327:(Hungarians). 297:Prince of Kiev 252: 251: 246: 242: 241: 236: 232: 231: 226: 222: 221: 216: 210: 209: 207: 206: 201: 196: 190: 188: 182: 181: 176: 172: 171: 164: 160: 159: 147: 143: 142: 139: 138: 133: 129: 128: 125: 121: 120: 114: 113: 107: 103: 102: 97: 93: 92: 87: 83: 82: 79: 75: 74: 72:Prince of Kiev 68: 67: 60: 52: 51: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3240: 3229: 3226: 3224: 3223:Slavic pagans 3221: 3219: 3216: 3214: 3211: 3209: 3206: 3204: 3201: 3199: 3196: 3194: 3191: 3189: 3186: 3184: 3181: 3180: 3178: 3166: 3157: 3156: 3149: 3143: 3139: 3130: 3129: 3122: 3116: 3113: 3109: 3105: 3096: 3095: 3085: 3079: 3074: 3069: 3062: 3057: 3049: 3042: 3036: 3033:. 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Index

Sviatoslav I Igorevich
Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic

Eugene Lanceray
Prince of Kiev
Igor
Yaropolk I
Olga
Prince of Novgorod
Vladimir I
Kiev
Khortytsia
Predslava
Issue
Yaropolk I
Oleg
Vladimir I
Dynasty
Rurik
Igor of Kiev
Olga of Kiev
Slavic paganism
Old East Slavic
Old Norse
Prince of Kiev
Khazaria
First Bulgarian Empire
East Slavic
Alans

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