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Feb 16, 2024 · In 1043, Yaroslav achieved a remarkable triumph over the Byzantines at the Battle of Thessalonica, where his forces decisively defeated a Byzantine army.
Oct 13, 2022 · Yaroslav refused to pay Novgorodian tribute to Kiev in 1014, and only Vladimir’s death in 1015 prevented a severe war between these two regions. However, the next few years were spent in a bitter civil war between the brothers.
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Yaroslav was the son of the Varangian Grand Prince Vladimir the Great and most likely his second son with Rogneda of Polotsk. His youth remains shrouded in mystery. Evidence from the Primary Chronicleand examination of his skeleton suggests he is one of the youngest sons of Vladimir, and possibly a son from a different mother. He was most likely bo...
The civil war did not completely end in 1016. Sviatopolk returned in 1018 and retook Kiev. However, Varangian and Novgorodian troops recaptured the capital and Sviatopolk fled to the West never to return. Another fraternal conflict arose in 1024 when another brother of Yaroslav’s, Mstislav of Chernigov, attempted to capture Kiev. After this conflic...
Yaroslav married Ingegerd Olofsdotter, the daughter of the king of Sweden, in 1019. He had many sons and encouraged them to remain on good terms, after all the years of warfare and bloodshed with his own brothers. He also married three of his daughters to European royalty. Elizabeth, Anna, and Anastasia married Harald III of Norway, Henry I of Fran...
Fyodor’s son Aleksandr Bryukhaty became the last prince of Yaroslavl in 1434. During the Moscow Civil War, Prince Aleksandr of Yaroslavl sided with Grand Prince Vasili II of Moscow and met Vasili Kosoy in battle outside Yaroslavl in 1435. Vasili Kosoy defeated.
Yaroslav at last prevailed over Svyatopolk, and in 1019 firmly established his rule over Kiev.
Yaroslav defeated Svyatopolk in their first battle, in 1016, and Svyatopolk fled to Poland. But Svyatopolk returned with Polish troops furnished by his father-in-law Duke Boleslaus of Poland, seized Kiev and pushed Yaroslav back into Novgorod. In 1019, Yaroslav eventually prevailed over Svyatopolk and established his rule over Kiev.
Over 400 churches were built in Kyiv alone, which was turned thereby into an architectural rival of Constantinople. Yaroslav's walled inner city in Kyiv covered an area of nearly 60 ha. It was entered through the Golden Gate , Polish Gate, and Jewish Gate, and the Saint Sophia Cathedral stood in the center, encircled by large palaces .