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1359–1386 Sviatoslav IV Ivanovich; 1386–1392 Yury of Smolensk (1st time) 1392–1395 Gleb II Sviatoslavich; 1395–1401 Roman II the Young, Lithuanian occupation; 1401-1404 Yury of Smolensk (2nd time) since 1407 conquest by Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Grand Duchy of Lithuania Viceroys of Smolensk????–???? Alexander Daszek????–???? Vasil ...
In 1386, Prince Sviatoslav IV of Smolensk was killed in the Battle of the Vikhra River against the Lithuanians when he supported Andrei of Polotsk and his rebellion against his younger half-brother Jogaila.
when the influence of the Rostislavichi was already on the decline, Sviatoslav Mstislavich, the son of Mstislav Romanovich, was able to conscript the forces of Polotsk to help him occupy Smolensk (see NPL, pp. 72, 281) indicates that the control of the princes of Smolensk over Polotsk, at the height of their power, must have been extensive. 15.
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Kievan Rus', [a] [b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [c] [7] [8] was a state and later an amalgam of principalities [9] in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [10] The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [11] [12 ...
Jul 1, 2020 · After Sviatoslav’s death, the history of the Kievan Rus’ entered a crucial period. He had three sons, two, Oleg and Yaropolk, by an unknown wife, and one, Vladimir, by a bondswoman, a Slavic servant woman named Malusha. After Sviatoslav’s death tensions between the three sons grew as they all vied for the throne of the Kievan Rus’.
Oct 27, 2020 · Sviatoslav was killed in 972 AD, but only three years prior, he entrusted the rule of Novgorod the Great to his youngest son, Vladimir. To his heir Yaropolk, he bequeathed the rule of Kiev, while the middle son Oleg became the ruler of the Drevlyan Slavic tribe. Still, even though each got a “piece of the cake,” when Sviatoslav was gone ...
Dec 23, 2023 · While his mother had converted to the Orthodox religion, Sviatoslav retained loyalty to the old pagan gods of his Viking and East Slavic roots. With a pagan ruler, the Rus people also retained the ...
