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	Volodymyr the Great
		Volodymyr the Great (Valdamar, Volodimer, Vladimir), b ca 956, d 15 July 1015 in Vyshhorod, near Kyiv.
		Volodymyr, his family, and his closest associates were baptized in December 987, when he took the Christian name Vasylii (Basil).
		Volodymyr received papal emissaries in 986, 988, 991, 992, and 1000 and sent his own envoys to Rome in 993 and 1001.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/V/O/VolodymyrtheGreat.htm (565 words)

	Prince Volodymyr the Great
		Volodymyr, who was not a legitimate son of Svyatoslav (he was born of a slave girl), did not initially have control of Kyiv.
		When Volodymyr returned to Kyiv with his new bride, he destroyed pagan monuments and established churches, the greatest of which may be The Church of the Tithes.
		Volodymyr died preparing a plan against his son Yaroslav the Wise, who was challenging his rule.
	www.personal.psu.edu /jfd5003/vladi.html (288 words)

	Vladimir I of Kiev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His name is known in three traditions: in Old East Slavic and modern Ukrainian as Volodymyr ( Ð’Ð¾Ð»Ð¾Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ), in Old Church Slavonic and modern Russian as Vladimir ( Ð’Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ), and in the Norse and modern Scandinavian languages as Valdemar (German variant "Waldemar").
		Vladimir was the youngest son of Svyatoslav I by his slave girl Malusha, described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future.
		Of the Muslim Bulgarians of the Volga the envoys reported there is no gladness among them; only sorrow and a great stench; their religion is not a good one, as they don't drink wine and eat pork.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volodymyr_the_Great (895 words)

	Coat of arms of Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coat of Arms of Ukraine features the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag : a blue shield with yellow trident â”the symbol of ancient tribes that once lived in Ukraine, later adopted by Ruthenian rulers.
		In the most popular (but never officially adopted) variant, the Great Coat of Arms, the shield is supported by a crowned lion from the Galician Coat of Arms on the left and a cossack in traditional dress, wielding a musket, the symbol of the Cossack Hetmanate on the right.
		The Coat of Arms is crowned with the crown of Volodymyr the Great, symbolizing Ukrainian sovereignty, and decorated with red fruits and wheat at the bottom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine (164 words)

	The Great Famine, 1932-1933
		An Indictment of the Great Famine in Ukraine 1932-1933 ?
		By Volodymyr Bobrov, AGAPIT 5-6, 1996, Kyiv, Ukraine
		THE MAN-MADE GREAT FAMINE IN UKRAINE OF 1932-33
	www.artukraine.com /famineart (9847 words)

	History
		Volodymyr offered military aid only if he was allowed to marry Basil's sister, and Basil agreed to the marriage only after Volodymyr promised to convert himself and his subjects to Christianity.
		At the congress a new presidium of the Rada was elected, with Hrushevsky as president and Serhii Yefremov and Volodymyr Vynnychenko as vice-presidents...
		After the Soviet 'Great Blockade' in the Carpathian Mountains in 1946, denied food and shelter, and forced to fight on the march at extremely low temperatures, the UPA (with the exception of the units operating in Ukrainian ethnic territories annexed by Poland after 1944) was forced to demobilize most combat troops.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /history.asp (5975 words)

	Volodymyr the Great, the “Radiant Sun” of Ukraine-Rus’ /ДЕНЬ/
		Born in 948, Prince Volodymyr Sviatoslavych was the youngest of the three sons of Kyivan Prince Sviatoslav Ihorevych the Brave and the youngest grandson of Kyivan Princess Olha the Wise.
		Volodymyr in fact had begun to consolidate the Kyivan state in 981, when he quelled an uprising of the Viatichians and imposed the “plowman’s tribute” on them.
		Volodymyr and a small detachment of warriors engaged them in battle, and failing to rout them, he was forced to retreat.
	www.day.kiev.ua /145727 (2181 words)

	G1_04_discription
		On the face side of the new banknote, as well as on the previous banknotes of this denomination, there is a portrait of Volodymyr the Great, whereas on the reverse side instead of the remains of Chersonesus Tauricus there is a diorama of Volodymyr’s Burg in Kyiv.
		Volodymyr the Great was a Grand Duke of Kyiv (980-1015).
		Volodymyr’s Burg in Kyiv (Detynets) — under such a denomination known is the citadel whose construction Volodymyr started as soon as he had taken possession of Kyiv.
	www.bank.gov.ua /Engl/Bank_coin/Banknoty/G1_04_discription_e.htm (462 words)

	Volodymyr Chyljak
		An indication of the great need for scholarly activity among the Lemkos was the significant number of academics from the Lemko Region holding doctorates and professorial titles, whose contribution to the development of learning, especially theology, is significant.
		Volodymyr Chyljak was born on July 15, 1848 in Wirchomla Wielka (Virchovnja Velyka), a Lemko Rusyn village (Nowy Sacz district) in the former Habsburg Austrian province of Galicia, where his father Ignatyj was a Greek Catholic priest.
		Volodymyr Chyljak's contribution to Lemko cultural development is outstanding, and through his writings readers from many lands can gain an insight into Lemko life in a direct and all encompassing manner.
	www.carpatho-rusyn.org /lemkos/chyl.htm (790 words)

	1 hryvnia 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Volodymyr the Great" change coin of 1 Hryvnia denomination is dedicated to the great Kyiv prince and public figure during whose reign the formation of the ancient-Rus state was accomplished and the Christianity as a state religion was introduced.
		On the coin obverse above there is the Small State Emblem of Ukraine; beneath - the coin mintage year - 2004 and within the frame of an old-rus ornamental pattern there is a three-lined inscription: ÓÊÐÀ¯ÍÀ / 1 / ÃÐÈÂÍß, as well as the Mint logo of the National bank of Ukraine.
		On the coin reverse there is a depiction of the prince Volodymyr the Great holding a cross in his right hand and a conventionalized depiction of the Church of Tithes in his left hand, as well a circular inscription: ÂÎËÎÄÈÌÈÐ ÂÅËÈÊÈÉ.
	www.bank.gov.ua /Engl/Bank_coin/Rozmin/1_grn_Vol_e.htm (140 words)

	Ukraine Info \| Culture \| Art (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original preaching literature is presented by impressive political treatise of Ilarion, the priest of the church at the court of Great Prince Yaroslav the Wise at Berestov (who later became the first Metropolitan of Kyiv and all-Ukraine Rus).
		He introduced the basic verbal structure of the folk genre that was used in great extent by Ukrainian literature, and brought the Ukrainian language to the level of high artistic literature.
		Along with Shevchenko, the deepest mark in the Ukrainian spiritual tradition was left by Panteleimon Kulish (1819-1897), the philosopher of the nation and a historian, psychologist, and fighter for the truth.
	www.ukremb.com /culture/art.html (3209 words)

	History of Ukraine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The major cause of the Christianization of Ukraine was the Grand-Duke, Volodymyr the Great.
		Previously, Volodymyr the Great had established the cities of Halych and Volodymyr-Volynski as regional capitals for the western Ukrainian heartland.
		The state was ruled by the descendants of Yaroslav Mudry and Volodymyr Monomakh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Ukraine (2769 words)

	Ukraine - State Arms (The Trident) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The trident was stamped on the gold and silver coins issued by Prince Volodymyr the Great (980-1015), who perhaps inherited the symbol from his ancestors as a dynastic coat of arms and passed it on to his sons, Sviatopolk I (1015-19) and Yaroslav the Wise (1019-54).
		The main element of the Great State Coat of Arms of Ukraine is the Emblem of the Royal State of Volodymyr the Great (the Small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine).
		The Great State Coat of Arms of Ukraine shall be established with the consideration of the Small State Coat of Arms of Ukraine and the Coat of Arms of the Zaporozhian Host, by the law adopted by no less than two-thirds of the constitutional compositio n of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ua-arms.html (2008 words)

	DHS Parish - Ukrainian Community News Articles
		Great enthusiasm reigned, a desire to see our Church as living and close to the needs of the people.
		It was a thousand years later, in 988, that Kyivan Prince Volodymyr the Great accepted Christianity as the official religion of his realm.
		Volodymyr was raised in an environment which was conducive to his eventual adoption of Christianity.
	www.dhsparish.com /NewsArticles.html (1070 words)

	Impact of Christianity on the Culture of Ukraine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Volodymyr was raised in an environment which was conducive to his eventual adoption of Christianity.
		The magnificent cathedral of St. Sofia in Kyiv was built by Volodymyr's son, Yaroslav the Wise, between 1019 and 1037.
		Volodymyr's daughter Predslava was courted by the Polish king Boleslav, and his son Yaroslav married a Swedish princess.
	gateway1.gmcc.ab.ca /nw/bort/impact.htm (703 words)

	PERSPECTIVES: Millennium reflections (12/26/99)
		The trident that once identified the coins of Kniaz (Prince) Volodymyr the Great is now engraved on the banknotes of independent Ukraine and painted onto the wings of supersonic fighter jets and trans-Atlantic passenger planes.
		Volodymyr himself was descended from warriors and invaders.
		Volodymyr himself - whose trident identifies the uniforms of Ukraine's army - traced his ancestry to Norsemen.
	www.ukrweekly.com /Archive/1999/529919.shtml (2052 words)

	My family and relatives (Zakhariy, Kukharski, Gawdyda, Melnychuk) from Berezhany, Trostyanets, Pidvysoke, Kyiv, ...
		My younger brother has very Ukrainian name Taras (like great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, whose portrait or statue is almost at every Ukrainian house, including ours in Berezhany and Pidvysoke) and he is 11 years younger me. He was born on 27 th of August, 1986 and still attends school in Berezhany.
		Thus my great grandfather and his ancestors (known to me from the end of 18 th century and are present the geneological tree below) were Austrian citizens and are burried at the village cemetery near the church in Trostyanets'.
		Volodymyr is in his 70 s now and has 4 daughters: the oldest Halyna, who married to Bohdan Mostriansky (Bohdan Mostriansky's two brothers Yevhen (or Gene) and Stepan eemigrated to the US, Syracuse, NY a few years ago) from Mechyshchiv, Nadiya, Lusia and Vira.
	www.personal.ceu.hu /students/97/Roman_Zakharii/family.htm (2927 words)

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		Her nephew Volodymyr, whom History proclaimed "The Great" and the Church as a Saint, not only became a Christian, but also proclaimed Christianity as the State Religion.
		Volodymyr was the ruler of a great empire that expanded from the Chervenski cities, today Peremyshl to the Tmutorokan, today Taman.
		After the proclamation of Christianity as the State Religion by the ruler St. Volodymyr the Great, the expansion of Christianity went smoothly, leaving the culture and tradition almost intact.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~dmytro/html/ukrchurch.htm (789 words)

	Lviv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the dawn of history, the area became incorporated into the Empire of Great Moravia, then became an area of contention between two emerging states: Poland (during the reign of Mieszko I, ruler of the Polans) and the Kyivan Rus'.
		According to Nestor 's chronicle, in 981 this area was conquered by Volodymyr the Great, ruler of Kyivan Rus'.
		In 1704, during the Great Northern War, the city was captured and pillaged for the first time in its history - by the armies of Charles XII of Sweden.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopolis (3229 words)

	St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church \| Analecta Articles
		In regard to the internal political reasons, it must be said that from the beginning of his rule Volodymyr had to apply much effort to maintain control aver the various tribes and their lands.
		Volodymyr's conversion was not a result of a moral or psychological crisis, and was not due to the influence of his Christian wives, or his grandmother, or his friends.
		Volodymyr, in order to be accepted into the European political family of nations, had to accept a Christian state-structure, common to all other countries.
	www.stnicholaschurch.ca /content_pages/osbm/osbm.3.Baran.88.5.An.htm (2146 words)

	Ufologist Involved in the Great Pyramids of Giza Research - UFO Evidence (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The use of water and sound may someday prove to have been a key factor in the building of the great pyramids as a means of overcoming gravity to handle the gigantic stones used to build the pyramids and the precise accuracy used to cut them.
		Originally the great pyramid was covered with highly polished limestone casing stones, which acted like gigantic mirrors to reflect light and so powerful that it would have been visible from the moon.
		The great pyramid of Giza is composed of 2 ½ million blocks of limestone, which weigh 2 to 70 tons each, (you could build 30 Empire State buildings with its masonry).
	www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1461.htm (1735 words)

	Agapit ¹4
		It was Volodymyr Vasylkovych who had built and decorated it, who made his land one of the richest and most cultured state formations in Eastern Europe.
		Volodymyr rendered armed support to his ally Konrad against his younger brother Boleslav in their competition for the Masovian throne.
		Volodymyr showed great wisdom and steadfastness in relations with other Russian princes and first of all with his closest relatives Lev and Mstyslav, the sons of Danylo Galytsky.
	www.histomed.kiev.ua /agapit/ag4/ag04-44e.html (1482 words)

	Kiev - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The church of Saint Sophia in Kiev, begun in 1037, was designed to emulate the splendor of Byzantine churches, reflecting the reception of Christianity from the Byzantine Empire.
		Though it is dedicated to "Holy Wisdom", as was the great cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the building has a very different formâ”rather than a single hemispherical dome rising out of the block of the building, Hagia Sophia in Kiev has 13 onion-shaped domes carried on drums.
		The great Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko cooperated with its geography department as a field researcher and editor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiev (3197 words)

	Church in Ruins - Political Background (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Volodymyr the Great (980-1015) was a good ruler who helped to provide stability to the state by arranging marriages between his family and the dynastic families of his neighbors.
		Volodymyr (1187-1199) was the last ruler of the Rostyslav dynasty.
		After Volodymyr's demise, Roman Mstyslavych (1199-1205), the grandson of the Kievan prince, Volodymyr Monomach, united the principalities of Galicia and Volyn into one state.
	www.lemko.org /lih/churchir/chirpolbackg.html (3007 words)

	Descent of the Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Church
		We as this Ukrainian Catholic Parish of the Holy Spirit rejoice in this heritage.
		Our community at this time has many persons of different ethnic heritages that have found a deep love for this heritage of Saint Volodymyr the Great, the baptizer of Ukraine, in Ukrainian Catholic Parish.
		Our hope is in your visits to this site, you will find the presence of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Most Holy Trinity.
	www.dhsparish.com (161 words)

	ON THE WAY TO THE DISCLOSING OF MYSTERIOUS POWER OF THE GREAT PYRAMID
		Although a number of secrets have already been disclosed, the idea that the great miracle still hides its mystery involuntary occurs to someone when he or she looks at the gigantic monument.
		Namely, we will prove that the Great Pyramid is actually filled with inerton waves and hence one of its functions is to be a resonator of inerton waves, which are excited by the Earth in the world space net (or world aether, if you want).
		Unusual influence of the Great Pyramid on animate and inanimate objects of nature may be associated with a special field in the Pyramid.
	www.gizapyramid.com /DrV-article.htm (8198 words)

	Ukrainian Greek—Catholic Church / Church in Ukraine / Orthodox Churches:
		The Orthodox Churches in Ukraine trace their history back to the beginning of Christianity in Ukraine in 988, when St. Volodymyr the Great accepted the Byzantine-Slavic rite of Christianity for his people.
		The great majority of bishops of the UOC-MP eventually repudiated their signatures in support of autocephaly.
		Volodymyr Yarema, a Russian Orthodox pastor in Lviv, left the Russian Orthodox jurisdiction.
	www.ugcc.org.ua /eng/church/orthodox (578 words)

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