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	Yaropolk I of Kiev Information
		Yaropolk was given Kiev by his father Sviatoslav I, who left on a military campaign against the Danube Bulgars.
		According to one chronicle, Yaropolk's brother Oleg killed Lyut, the son of Yaropolk's chief adviser and military commander Sveneld.
		Yaropolk trusted Blud and his brother's promises of peace and left for Vladimir's headquarters, where he would be killed in an ambush by two Varangians.
	www.bookrags.com /Yaropolk_of_Kiev (336 words)

	Yaropolk I of Kiev
		Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich (Russian: Ярополк I Святославич, sometimes transliterated as Iaropolk) was a young and rather enigmatic ruler of Kiev between 972 and 980.
		Blud betrayed Yaropolk by advising him to flee from Kiev and go into retreat in a town of Rodnya at the mouth of the Ros' River.
		Alexander Nazarenko suggests that Yaropolk went through some preliminary rites of baptism, but was murdered by his pagan half-brother (whose own rights to the throne were questionable) before he could be formally received in the Christian faith.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Yaropolk_of_Kiev (396 words)

	Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev
		Vladimir (in Ukrainian, Volodymyr) I, Prince of Kiev, in German Valdimar, in Russian known as Saint Vladimir or as Vladimis the Great, (c.958-1015), was the illegitimate son of Sviatoslav I and the grandson of Olga of Kiev.
		Ruler of Kiev from 980, he converted to Christianity in 988, reversing Sviatoslav's adherence to pagan tradition.
		Yaropolk fled as Vladimir besieged Kiev, but was killed (980) after surrendering to Vladimir, who now ruled all his father's domains.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vl/Vladimir_of_Kiev.html (309 words)

	Saint Vladimir - LoveToKnow 1911
		956-1015), grand duke of Kiev and of all Russia, was the youngest son of Svyatoslav I. and his mistress Malushka.
		On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Ragvald, prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter Ragrfilda.
		In 981 he conquered the Chervensk cities, the modern Galicia; in 983 he subdued the heathen Yatvyags, whose territories lay between Lithuania and Poland; in 985 he led a fleet along the central rivers of Russia to conquer the Bulgarians of the Kama, planting numerous fortresses and colonies on his way.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Saint_Vladimir (664 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg961 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Yaropolk I of Kiev, Prince of KIEV [Parents] was born 958.
		Malfada married Yaropolk I of Kiev, Prince of KIEV.
		Svyatopolk I of KIEV was born 980 and died 1019.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg961.htm (212 words)

	Yaropolk of Kiev
		Prince Yaropolk was given Kiev by his father Sviatoslav I and ruled it from 972-980.
		After Sviatoslav's death however, civil war soon began between Yaropolk and his brothers.
		In 980 Yaropolk was defeated by his brother Vladimir in 980 and lost his throne.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ya/Yaropolk_of_Kiev.html (43 words)

	Kiev City History
		Olegs words about Kiev became proverbial "Here will be the mother of Rus cities." This was the beginning of the Kievan Rus' state which lasted until the year 1240 when the Mongols (Tatars) invaded.
		The 1500th anniversary celebration of Kiev, which was founded in year 482.
		During 2001 Kiev was visited by Pope John Paul who met Kievans at the National Philharmonic Building.
	www.kievcityguide.net /history.htm (1338 words)

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		On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Ragvald, prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter Ragnilda.
		Subsequently (98o) he captured Kiev also, slew Yaropolk by treachery, and was proclaimed prince of all Russia.
		He died at Berestova, near Kiev, while on his way to chastise the insolence of his son, Prince Yaroslav of Novgorod.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=68881 (690 words)

	OCA - Lives of all saints commemorated on this day
		Saint Stephen was the Igumen of the Kiev Caves, and became Bishop of Vladimir, Volhynia.
		Yaropolk journeyed on various missions for his father to the Polish king, the German emperor, and the Bishop of Rome St Gregory VII (1073-1085).
		The body of Yaropolk was transferred to Kiev and on December 5 was buried at the monastery of St Demetrius in the church of St Peter, which he himself had begun to build.
	www.oca.org /FSLivesAllSaints.asp?SID=4&M=10&D=10 (3517 words)

	Kievan Rus Database (Prince: Yaropolk Sviatoslavich) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Blud finally persuaded Yaropolk to flee Kiev by telling him that Kievans had supposedly established relations with Vladimir and were about to deliver Yaropolk over to him.
		Yaropolk fled to the stronghold in Rodina on the southern frontier of the Kiev region, but there, besieged by Vladimir's forces, he was overtaken by famine and other troubles.
		Ioakim's Chronicle relates that when Vladimir set out against Kiev, Yaropolk sent his envoys to him to persuade him to make peace and at the same time dispatched his army to the land of the Krivichians.
	members.aol.com /ingigerthr/Prince_Yaropolk_Sviatoslavich.html (321 words)

	Saint Luke Orthodox Church - Saints - Saints by Day - January - 1st
		Holy Nobleborn Prince Yaropolk Izyaslavich, in Holy Baptism Peter, was the grandson of Yaroslav the Wise, and great-grandson of holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Vladimir.
		Yaropolk journeyed on various missions for his father to the Polish king, the German emperor, and the Roman Bishop Saint Gregory VII (1073-1085).
		The body of Yaropolk was transferred to Kiev and on 5 December was buried in the church of Saint Peter, which he himself had begun to build.
	www.stlukeorthodox.com /html/saints/november/22nd.cfm (2661 words)

	Princes of Kiev
		Izyaslav I, Prince of Kiev, 1054 - 1078, deposed 1068 - 1069 and 1073 - 1076.
		Ellisif (or Elizabeth) of Kiev, married first in 1045 to Harald III Hardrada, King of Norway, who was slain on September 25, 1066 at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
		Dobronega (or Maria) of Kiev, married 1038 to Casimir I, King of Poland.
	www.robertsewell.ca /kiev.html (1139 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Vladimir the Great
		Olga could not convert her son and successor, Sviatoslav, for he lived and died a pagan and brought up his son Vladimir as a pagan chieftain.
		Sviatoslav had two legitimate sons, Yaropolk and Oleg, and a third son, Vladimir, borne him by his court favourite Olga Malusha.
		Yaropolk fled to Rodno, but could not hold out there, and was finally slain upon his surrender to the victorious Vladimir; the latter thereupon made himself ruler of Kieff and all Russia in 980.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15497a.htm (1171 words)

	Yaropolk of Kiev: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Yaropolk of Kiev: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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	Vladimir I of Kiev Summary
		On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Rogvolod (Norse: Ragnvald), prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter Rogneda (Norse: Ragnhild).
		Actually, Polotsk was a key fortress on the way to Kiev, and the capture of Polotsk and Smolensk facilitated the taking of Kiev (980), where he slew Yaropolk by treachery, and was proclaimed konung, or kagan, of all Kievan Rus.
		Returning to Kiev in triumph, he destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with the splendid Church of the Tithes (989) and monasteries on Mt.
	www.bookrags.com /Vladimir_I_of_Kiev (2156 words)

	Biography: Olga and Vladimir of Kiev, rulers (15 July 1015) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
		Yaropolk killed Oled, and Vladimir fled to his Viking kinsmen in Scandinavia.
		In converting his people, however, he was willing to resort to military methods (all his life he had survived by fighting), and some of his former pagan wives and their sons raised an armed rebellion against him, in the course of which he was killed near Kiev, 15 July 1015.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/07/15.html (419 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.
		Christianity had made some progress in Kiev, but Vladimir remained pagan, had seven wives, established temples, and participated in idolatrous rites, possibly involving human sacrifice.
		Byzantines maintained ecclesiastical control over the new Rus church; the Greek metropolitan for Kiev reported to both the patriarch of Constantinople and of the emperor.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintv09.htm (328 words)

	wives of Grand Prince Vladimir
		After father’s death 3 years passed and 2 brothers (Yaropolk and Oleg) quarreled – Yaropolk killed Oleg, but soon he was killed himself by order of Vladimir, who got all lands of Svyatoslav when he was about 15 years old.
		Soon his wife gave birth to their first son Izyaslav, but she couldn’t forgive him the death of her father and brothers, therewith her life was ruined and she began to betray her husband a lot.
		It is told in the chronicle of Suzdal’ that one day Vladimir visited his wife and son and when he fell asleep, she tried to kill him by dint of the knife, but suddenly Vladimir woke up and stopped her.
	www.devichnick.ru /03enlove.htm (911 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: STRETCHING FORTH HIS HAND:
		Sviatoslav gave Kiev to Yaropolk, and the land of the Drevlani (further west) to Oleg.
		Yaropolk fled and was slain upon his surrender to Vladimir; who made himself ruler of Kiev and all Russia in 980.
		When Vladimir returned to Kiev he urged all his subjects to become Christian, and established churches and monasteries at Kiev and many other cities.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/2006/01/stretching_fort.html (1890 words)

	Vladimir I Svyatoslavich of Kiev Grand Prince of Kiev
		Grand prince of Kiev and first Christian ruler in Kievan Rus, whose military conquests consolidated the provinces of Kiev and Novgorod into a single state, and whose Byzantine baptism determined the course of Christianity in the region.
		Vladimir was the son of the Norman-Rus prince Svyatoslav of Kiev by one of his courtesans and was a member of the Rurik lineage dominant from the 10th to the 13th century.
		Although Christianity in Kiev existed before Vladimir's time, he had remained a pagan, accumulated about seven wives, established temples, and, it is said, taken part in idolatrous rites involving human sacrifice.
	www.delmars.com /family/perrault/7205.htm (610 words)

	Volodymyr the Great, the “Radiant Sun” of Ukraine-Rus’ "ДЕНЬ"
		Leaving his elder son Yaropolk in Kyiv, he sent his middle son Oleh to Ovruch, the land of the Derevlianians, and the youngest son Volodymyr to Novhorod at the request of that city’s envoys.
		At first there was a quarrel between Yaropolk and Oleh because the latter had killed Sveneld’s son Liut, who had trespassed upon the Derevlianians’ land during a forest hunt.
		In 977 Yaropolk marched against Oleh, their troops engaged in battle near Ovruch, and Oleh’s warriors began retreating to the city.
	www.day.kiev.ua /145727 (2177 words)

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		The square of Independence - the central area of Kiev.
		The Kreschatik - the main street of Kiev, on days off it becomes foot and very pleasantly easier to be >>>
		There is a legend on which the place where Dnepr now flows, was the sea.
	english.vkiev.ru (206 words)

	Home Page: The First Rurikoviches
		Prince Igor fled to Kiev while a part of his fleet saved itself in the shallow waters.
		When his body was being moved to Kiev it became clear that Boris was still alive.
		Vladimir’s father was reigned in Kiev when he was 25.
	www.museum700.org /37.en.html (3359 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was the grand duke of Kiev Vladimir Svyatoslavovich.
		The Polotsk prince Rogvolod observed of the conflict of the brothers.
		During those skirmishes Oleg was killed, Yaropolk was in Kiev, and Vladimir - in Novgorod.
	www.belarustourist.minsk.by /common/history/names/rogneda.htm (1080 words)

	Yaropolk of Kiev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		'''Varangian Prince Yaropolk''' (alternative spelling Iaropolk) was given Kiev by his father Sviatoslav I and ruled it from 972-980.
		Category:980 deaths Category:Rulers of Kievan Rus de:Jaropolk I. it:Yaropolk di Kiev
		Tom saw his father's door open, thought of the doctor's warning that Mr.
	yaropolk-of-kiev.kiwiki.homeip.net (162 words)

	Northvegr - A History of the Vikings
		It has been suggested, however, that the Norse name referred originally not to the Saracens but to the Khazar town of Sarkel which was built in the '30s of the ninth century as a defence against the Russian attacks.
		Svyatoslav, for ever busy with his wars, had left the principality of Kiev divided into three parts, each committed to one of his sons, but after his death in 972 there was dispute among them and eventually the eldest, Yaropolk of Kiev, slew the second brother, Oleg, Prince of the Derevylans.
		He returned, however, in 980 with a Swedish army to the town that was his heritage and after rallying the northern Russians to his banner he marched south and overthrew Yaropolk, thus securing the whole dominion of his father for himself.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/history_viking/037.php (1343 words)

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