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The Middle Years. "The Middle Years" is a short story by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893. The novelist in the tale speculates that he has spent his whole life learning how to write, so a second life would make sense, "to apply the lesson." Second lives aren't usually available, so the novelist says of himself and his ...
- Henry James
- 1893
Oleg Svyatoslavich ( Russian: Олег Святославич; c. 1052 – 1 August 1115) was a prince from Kievan Rus' whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in the country at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. He reigned as Prince of Chernigov from 1094 to 1097, and as Prince of Novgorod-Seversk from 1097 to 1115.
Jun 1, 2010 · re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included. with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. Title: The Middle Years. Author: Henry James. Editor: Percy Lubbock. Release Date: June 1, 2010 [EBook #32649] Language: English. Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1.
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Oct 1, 2022 · Oleg orders that he be taken to the place where the horse has died and, in an uncanny way, sees its bare bones lying on the ground. To complete his triumph against pagan priests – and against death, Oleg places his foot on the horse’s skull, only to be bitten by a snake that has been lurking inside the skull. He dies from its poisonous bite.
For the next few years an atmosphere of peace settled on the Chernigov lands. It was highlighted by dynastic births, marriages, and deaths. On June 29, 1164, Oleg Svyatoslavich married Agafia the daughter of Rostislav Mstislavich of Kiev. His first wife, the daughter of Yury Dolgorukiy, had evidently died.
Dec 3, 2018 · Definition. Kievan Rus (862-1242) was a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, and part of Russia (the latter named for the Rus, a Scandinavian people). The name Kievan Rus is a modern-day (19th century) designation but has the same meaning as 'land of the Rus,' which is how the region was known in the Middle Ages.
Oleg (Old East Slavic: Ѡлегъ, Ольгъ; Old Norse: Helgi; died 912), also known as Oleg the Wise, was a Varangian prince of the Rus' who became prince of Kiev, and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state.
