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Mstislav II Izyaslavich (Мстислав Изяславич in Russian) (died 1172), Kniaz' (Prince) of Pereyaslav, Volodymyr-Volynsky and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Ki...
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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 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.
Mstislav, who had previously occupied Kiev, sent Roman to Novgorod on 14 April 1168, after the Novgorodians had expelled their prince, Svyatoslav IV Rostislavich. However, Svyatoslav's brothers the princes of Smolensk , and Prince Andrey Yuryevich of Vladimir , who had supported Svyatoslav's rule in Novgorod, spent the rest of the year ...
Mstislav II of Kiev (1126-19 August 1170) was the Grand Prince of Kievan Rus from 1167 to 1170, succeeding Iziaslav III of Kiev and preceding Gleb of Kiev. Mstislav was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev, and he served in his father's campaigns against Chernigov. While he won a victory over the...
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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 ...
