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Mstislav was the son of Grand Prince Iziaslav II of Kiev. Along with his father, he participated in the wars against Yury Dolgoruky and the Chernigov princes. After an initial victory against the Cumans in 1153, Mstislav was defeated by the Cumans at the Psel river. Yury Dolgoruky forced him to flee to Poland in 1155, but the next year Mstislav ...
Mstislav was the last ruler of the united state of Rus', and upon his death, as the chronicler put it, "the land of Rus was torn apart". He died in Kiev, aged 55. He is a canonised saint of the Orthodox Church as St. Mstislav Theodore, prince of Kiev (1132), and is commemorated on April 15. After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate.
- Early Years
- The Fight Against Izyaslav Davydovich
- Grand Prince of Kiev
- Family
See also: The internecine war in Russia (1146-1154) Mstislav Izyaslavich moved into the political arena in 1146, when his father Izyaslav Mstislavich expelled Igor Olgovich from the Grand Principality of Kiev and from the Principality of Novgorod-Seversky. Following this Izyaslav installed Mstislav as Prince of Pereyaslavl from 1151 to 1154. Mstisl...
See also: The internecine war in Russia (1158-1161) . Already at the end of 1158 Izyaslav Davydovich supported the claims to the throne of Halych of Ivan Berladnik, the cousin Yaroslav Osmomysl. Izyaslav III Davydovich of Kiev (c1100-1161)'s cousin Svyatoslav Olgovich joined the union of Halych, Volhynia and Smolensk, which, after the transfer of I...
After having consolidated his position in Volhynia, Mstislav started the struggle for the rule of Kiev. In 1160 he took the city and installed his uncle, the Prince of Smolensk Rostislav Mstislavich on the throne of Kiev. After his death, in 1167, he became Grand Prince of Kiev. . The Kievites called Mstislav to become Grand Prince of Kiev in 1167,...
Wife from the end of 1149-1151 - Agnieszka Boleslavovna (1137-1182) daughter of the Prince of Poland Boleslav III Krivoustogo - three sons: 1. Roman Mstislavich of Halych (c1152-1205)- prince of Volyn (1170-1187, 1188-1199), Galician (1188), first prince of Galician-Volyn (1199-1205), Grand Duke of Kiev (1201, 1204). 2. Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volh...
Associated Press video journalist Mstyslav Chernov — writer and director of FRONTLINE and AP's documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" — pictured on on Feb. 24, 2022, in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Sviatopolk II. Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich ( Old East Slavic: Свѧтополкъ Изѧславичь, romanized: Svętopolkǐ Izęslavičǐ; [a] November 8, 1050 – April 16, 1113) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1093 to 1113. [1] He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh .
May 24, 2024 · These princes—including Mstislav III of Kiev, Mstislav of Galich, and Yuri II of Vladimir—Suzdal-raised an army of 30,000 men in alliance with the Cumans and, by advancing on three separate fronts, attempted to encircle the Mongol force on the banks of the River Dnieper.
Sep 3, 2021 · Per BBC News, the Soviet secret police sentenced around 8,600 people in Odessa to death between 1938 and 1941 alone. The devastation wrought by the Great Purge followed close on the heels of ...
