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Aug 5, 2023 · Oleg Svyatoslavich (c. 1052 - August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. Oleg was a younger son of Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich / Prince of Chernigov (1027 - 1076) by his first wife, Killikiya.
t. e. The causes of World War II have been given considerable attention by historians. The immediate precipitating event was the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany on September 1, 1939, and the subsequent declarations of war on Germany made by Britain and France, but many other prior events have been suggested as ultimate causes.
Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich ( Old East Slavic: Ст҃ославь Ӕрославичь; [a] 1027 – 27 December 1076) [1] was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. [3] He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the Sviatoslavichi branch of Rurikids.
Oleg I, 1078; Vladimir I Monomakh (again), 1078–1094; Oleg I, 1094–1097; Davyd Sviatoslavich, 1097–1123; Yaroslav Sviatoslavich, 1123–1127; sometimes identified with Constantine of Murom (died c. 1129), but whether the two men are one and the same person is uncertain. Vsevolod II, 1127–1139; Vladimir II Davydovich, 1139–1151 ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II : World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States, Soviet Union, United ...
The Battle of the Dnieper was a military campaign that took place in 1943 on the Eastern Front of World War II.Being one of the largest operations of the war, it involved almost four million troops at one point and stretched over a 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) front.
Smolensk. / 54.78278°N 32.04528°E / 54.78278; 32.04528. Smolensk [a] is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest cities in Russia.
