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	Vladimir II, Prince of Novgorod
		Vladimir II Holti ("the Nimble") (1020- 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death.
		Vladimir's brother was Vsevolod I, prince of Kiev.
		The son of Yaroslav I, prince of Kiev, and Ingigerd (Anna), daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden, he married Oda of Stade, a town near modern Hamburg.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/vladimir_ii__prince_of_novgorod (128 words)

	Vladimir I of Kiev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 977 Vladimir fled to his kinsmen in Scandinavia, collecting as many of the Viking warriors as he could to assist him to recover Novgorod, and on his return the next year marched against Yaropolk.
		Vladimir, however, was baptized at Chersones, taking the Christian name of Basil out of compliment to his imperial brother-in-law; the sacrament was followed by his marriage with the Roman princess.
		Russian sources also describe Vladimir consulting with Jewish envoys (who may or may not have been Khazars), and questioning them about their religion but ultimately rejecting it, saying that their loss of Jerusalem was evidence of their having been abandoned by God.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_I,_Prince_of_Kiev (909 words)

	St. Prince Alexander Nevsky - Olga's Gallery
		Prince Alexander Nevsky (1220/21 - 1263) Prince of Novgorod in 1236-1251 and Prince of Tver in 1247-52, from 1252 Grand Duke of Vladimir; son of the Prince Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich.
	www.abcgallery.com /saints/alexandernevsky.html (178 words)

	Vladimir of Novgorod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vladimir II Holti ("the Nimble") (1020– October 4, 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death.
		Vladimir is buried in this cathedral he built in Novgorod.
		His sons were landless princes, who tried to seize different towns until they finally settled in Halych.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vladimir_of_Novgorod (148 words)

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		Novgorod was the principal town of the province of Novgorod-Seversk, not to be confused with the northern trading city of Novgorod.
		Vsevolod was a prince of VIadimir-Suzdal in the northeast.
	faculty.washington.edu /dwaugh/rus/texts/igorcm.htm (13513 words)

	Vladimir II Monomakh -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Vladimir was the son of Grand Prince Vsevolod I Yaroslavich (ruled Kiev 1078–93) and Irina, the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachus.
		Vladimir was founded in 1108 by Vladimir II Monomakh, grand prince of Kiev.
		The region bounded by the Oka and Volga rivers, later to be the heartland of the grand principality of Moscow, was settled before the arrival of Slavs from Novgorod and the Baltic area by a Finnic tribe.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075613?tocId=9075613&query=monomakh (783 words)

	VLADIMIR - LoveToKnow Article on VLADIMIR
		During this period Vladimir became the chief town of the Russian settlements in the basin of the Oka, and it disputed the superiority with the new principality of Moscow, to which it finally succumbed in 1328.
		VLADIMIR, a town of Russia, capital of the government of the same name known in history as Vladimir-on-the-Klyazma, to distinguish it from Vladimir in Volhynia.
		In the year 987, as the result of a consultation with his boyars, Vladimir sent envoys to study the religions of the various neighboring nations whose representatives had been urging him to embrace their respective faiths.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VL/VLADIMIR.htm (1064 words)

	DiscoveringRussia - History: From Rurik to Ivan the Terrible
		In 1328, the prince of Moscovy, Ivan I, was appointed grand-prince by the Khan.
		During the rule of Ivan II (1353-59), the Mongol yoke was weakened and the khans lost their right to appoint the grand-prince.
		Ivan II's son, Dmitri, became the first Russian leader to defeat the Mongols, in the decisive battle of Kulikovo on the Don in 1380.
	www.discoveringrussia.com /histrurik.htm (1353 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vladimir the Great
		Basil II sent this sister with a retinue of officials and clergy to Kherson, and there Vladimir was baptized, in the same year, by the Metropolitan Michael and took also the baptismal name of Basil.
		To this Vladimir replied that he had already examined the doctrines of the Christians, was inclined towards them, and was ready to be baptized.
		These acts impressed the people with the helplessness of their gods, and when they were told that they should follow Vladimir's example and become Christians they were willingly baptized, even wading into the river that they might the sooner be reached by the priest for baptism.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15497a.htm (1197 words)

	The Ecole Glossary
		The son of Grand Prince Yaroslav II of Vladimir, St. Alexander Nevski is a hero because he defended Russia against the Swedes and the Germans; he is also an enigma because he was conciliatory to the Mongols.
		Alexander became Prince of Vladimir in 1252, when he revealed his brother's plans for a revolt to the Mongols.
		Alexander continued to control Novgorod through his son, Vassily, and ended the election of princes in that city.
	www2.evansville.edu /ECOLEWEB/glossary/nevski.html (244 words)

	Democracy and Autocracy in Russian History
		Novgorod, because of its location on the Gulf of Finland, was one of the earliest military and trading outposts established by the Varangians and Russian merchant princes.
		Novgorod, for its part, needed the support of the most powerful prince or prices in Russia to retain its position and to protect its supply routes tot he indispensable hinterland.
		Control of Novgorod was necessary for any prince who claimed predominance as grand duke for reasons of prestige as well as economic viability.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~grempel/courses/russia/lectures/06democracy.html (2446 words)

	RAMBAUD ON THE RISE OF THE THE GRAND PRINCES OF MOSCOW (1303 - 1462).
		Novgorod continued to furnish appanages to the Lithuanian princes, to despise the political authority of the Grand Prince, and the religious supremacy of the Metropolitan.
		In 1393 Novgorod having revolted against Moscow, Vassili sent in his troops, and seventy inhabitants of Torjok, accused of having put to death one of his men, were cut to pieces.
		Ivan II., brother and successor of "the Proud," deserves, on the contrary, the surname of "the Débonnaire." He was of a different type from the sinister princes of Souzdal, and was pacific and gentle.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/RamMos01.html (9293 words)

	TEMPLE OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY
		The son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich, grand prince of the medieval Russian state of Vladimir, Alexander was elected prince of the state of Novgorod in 1236.
		The princely tonsure of the lad Alexander (a
		Aleksandre Yaroslavich was born in Vladimir and died in Gorodets.
	www.sangha.net /messengers/nevsky.htm (3109 words)

	Alexander Nevsky
		1220 -- born Aleksandr Yaroslavich, Vladimir, Grand Principality of Vladimir; Alexander was the son of Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich, grand prince of Vladimir, the foremost among the Russian rulers.
		1242 -- at the urging of Pope Gregory IX to "Christianize" the Baltic region, the Teutonic Knights shortly invade Russia; in fear Novgorod invites Alexander back; Alexander decisively defeats the Germans in the "massacre on the ice" in April 1242 on a narrow channel between Lakes Chud (Peipus) and Pskov.
		1239 -- marries the daughter of the Prince of Polotsk.
	members.aol.com /snuffy1186/nevsky.html (391 words)

	Volodymyr the Great
		Novgorod, thereby forcing Volodymyr to flee to Scandinavia.
		Prince Sviatoslav I named his son Volodymyr the prince of
		prince of Kyiv, seized the Derevlianian land (see
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/V/O/VolodymyrtheGreat.htm (582 words)

	Vladimir I on Encyclopedia.com
		Vladimir Fortov, vice president of the Russian Academy of Sciences talks about his ideas on how to revitalize Russian science.
		Vladimir S. Soloviev and the politics of human rights.
		In 970, Vladimir was sent by his father to govern Novgorod.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/v/vladim1.asp (880 words)

	Vladimir
		After the Mongols, Vladimir never fully recovered, and even though it remained capital through the middle of 14th century and continued as the seat of the metropolitans of Russia, it gradually lost its political significance to the new principalities of Moscow, Tver, and Nizhny Novgorod.
		Modern Vladimir is a part of the Golden ring of the ancient Russian cities and a significant tourist center.
		Later it became the center of Vladimir-Suzdal principality, when Monomakh's son Yuri Dolgorukii moved the seat of Great Princes of Russia from Kiev to Vladimir, thus actually transferring the capital of the country and beginning the city's Golden Age, which lasted until Mongol invasion of Russia.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/V/Vladimir.htm (806 words)

	Chronology of Russia
		Brother of Yuri III "Grand prince of Vladimir and All Russia".
		Resident in Moscow 1341-1353 Simeon (the Proud) 1353-1359 Ivan II (the Meek), brother of Simeon 1359-1389 Dmitrii Ivanovich 1389-1425 Vasily I 1425-1461 Vasiliy II (the Dark) 1462-1505 Ivan III (the Great) 1505-1533 Vasiliy III 1533-1538 Helena Blinski, widow of Vasiliy II.
		Emperor, 1721 1725-1727 Catherine I. Widow of Peter I 1727-1730 Peter II (Alexeevich) 1730-1740 Anna (lvanovna) 1740-1741 Anna Leopoldovna.
	www.ac.wwu.edu /~stephan/Rulers/chron.russia.html (201 words)

	BIO: Olga and Vladimir
		Vladimir, great-grandson of Rurik (the traditional founder of the Russian state), grandson of Olga, and youngest of the three sons of Sviatoslav of Kiev, was born in 956 and was made Prince of Novgorod in 970.
		Vladimir took his Christian commitment seriously, and under his rule the Christianization of Russia proceeded rapidly.
		Olga (or Helga), born in about 890, was the wife of Prince Igor of Russia, and after his death in 945 she was regent for their son.
	www.hillsdale.edu /Personal/Westblade/REL/Biography/07/15.html (413 words)

	Russia
		Sometimes Pleskov was ruled by separate princes, but often it was ruled directly from Novgorod until the mid 13th century when the city began accepting as rulers princes exiled from their possessions.
		Novgorod is also the only Russian state to have avoided vassalage to the Mongols.
		False Dmitri II ("the Brigand of Tushino")....1608-1610 and...
	www.hostkingdom.net /russia.html (2046 words)

	Catholic Online
		Vladimir I, 956-1015, Grandson of St. Olga and illegitimate son of Sviastoslav, grand duke of Kiev, and his mistress, Malushka, he was given Novgorod to rule by his father.
		Vladimir returned with an army and captured Novgorod and defeated and slew Yaropolk at Rodno in 980; Vladimir was now sole ruler of Russia, notorious for his barbarism and immorality.
		In 1014 he was obliged to march against his rebellious son Yaroslav in Novgorod, fell ill on the way and died at Beresyx, Russia.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=434 (309 words)

	WayToRussia.Net Guide to Russia / Sightseeing tour around Novgorod
		This was the economical and political center of the ancient town of Novgorod.
		Most of the nobles hid their money and the Tsar Ivan couldn't find it, so he invited the best people of Novgorod to the feast in Granovitaya palata and killed everybody who refused to give him their money.
		The main court of Novgorod had its sessions in Granovitaya Palata.
	www.waytorussia.net /CentralRussia/Novgorod/Sightseeing.html (1305 words)

	RAMBAUD ON THE RISE OF REGIONALISM IN THE APPANAGE PERIOD--THE NORTHEAST
		Andrew preferred Vladimir to the old cities, but it was in his house at Bogolioubovo, that he best liked to live, He tried to make of Vladimir a new Kief, as Kief herself was a new Byzantium.
		The prince was rejoiced at this present, which he considered as a mark of submission of the Mordva.
		It is said that an arrow shot by a Souzdalian soldier having struck the image of the Virgin, her face turned towards the city, and inundated the vestments of the archbishop with miraculous tears.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Ramapp2.html (2780 words)

	Minor Russian States
		A sub-Principality under Vladimir in the late 12th century, it was a Grand Principality 1212-302, within the Tatar orbit.
		Briefly comprising a sub-principality under Moscow, Prince George was ancestor of the Shuisky branch, who held the Tsardom in the early 17th century, during the Time of Troubles.
		His somewhat mysterious demise permitted the appearance of a number of pretenders to the throne some years after, each claiming to be Prince Demetrius, miraculously not slain after all and now returned: the so-called "False Dmitriys" of the Time of Troubles.
	www.hostkingdom.net /minoruss.html (1084 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Russia
		Their prince, George II, at the death of his brother Constantine, Prince of Vladimir, fought furiously against the Bulgarians of the Volga, and in 1220, at the confluence of the Oka with the Volga, laid the foundation of Nizhni-Novgorod.
		This marriage was concluded by Paul II and Cardinal Bessarion, and served as the pretext for the tsars to declare themselves heirs of the Byzantine basileis, to take as their arms the two-headed eagle, and to assume the rôle of defenders and champions of the Orthodox Church.
		The princes Mstislav the Rash, Daniel of Galitch, and Oleg of Kursk performed prodigies of valour at the head of their troops; but the numerical superiority of the Tatars and the cowardice of the Polovcy brought defeat upon the Russians, costing them the lives of six princes and seventy boyars.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13231c.htm (19233 words)

	Russian Art
		Vladimir II Monomakh, Prince of Kiev, of Suzdal 1113-25
		Vladimir, Cathedral of the Dormition, 1185-89 [22, 23]
		Vladimir, Church of the Intercession (Pokrov) on the Nerl, 1166, [24, 25, 36]
	www.georgetown.edu /hilton/russian.htm (3256 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Vladimir I of Kiev
		On the death of his father in 972, he fled to Scandinavia, enlisted help from an uncle, and overcame Yaropolk, another son of Svyatoslav, who had attempted to seize Novgorod and Kiev.
		Legend says Vladimir chose the Byzantine rite over the liturgies of German Christendom, Judaism, and Islam because of its transcendent beauty; it probably also reflected his determination to remain independent of external political control.
		By 980 Vladimir had consolidated the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea, and had solidified the frontiers against Bulgarian, Baltic, and Eastern nomads.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintv09.htm (328 words)

	Viking City
		1113-25: Vladimir II (Monomakh) was the prince of Kiev.
		1188: Varjags plunderer Novgorod citizens on the island of Gotland (Swedish today)
		In the 10th century, Novgorod was founded some kilometers downstream on the river Volkhov and in the 11th century the Russian Prince Iaroslav the Wise moved there from Gorodishche.
	www.eccentrix.com /members/figge33/inkeri/viking.htm (2411 words)

	Everbrite's Rulers of Russia and other Relevant Dates
		Prince Daniel, son of Alexander Nevsky arrives from Novgorod and governs from a wooden fortress.
		The metropolitan of Kiev moves the seat of the Orthodox Church from Vladimir to Moscow.
		Continuation of the Time of Troubles during which two false Dmitris claim the throne, and Lithuanian-Polish armies invade and claim the throne for the second False Dmitri.
	members.aol.com /imershein/Page5d.html (469 words)

	Glossary_for_lecture1_RussArt
		Vladimir II Monomakh (Vsevolodovich), 1113-25, Prince of Kiev and of Suzdal
		Novgorod, Church of the Savior, on Nereditsa, 1198
		Vladimir I of Kiev (Svyatoslavich), 980-1015, adopts Christianity in 988
	students.risd.edu /faculty/evarshav/Glossary_for_lecture1_RussArt.html (604 words)

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