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Igor was the elder son of Svyatoslav Olgovich, by his second wife, the Novgorodian Catherine. By giving the child the baptismal name of Yury, Svyatoslav Olgovich acknowledged his friendship with prince Yury Vladimirovich of Suzdal. [2] In choosing Igor for the boy's princely name, he testified to the close bond that had existed between him and ...
Igor Svyatoslavich was a prince of the Russian lands of Novgorod-Seversky (modern Novhorod-Siverskyy, Ukraine) after 1178 and of Chernigovsky (1198–1202; modern Chernihiv, Ukraine), who led an unsuccessful campaign against the Cumans (Polovtsy) in 1185.
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Feb 10, 2023 · Soon after Oleg Svyatoslavich's death, grand prince Svyatoslav III Vsevolodovich of Kiev summoned Igor and Igor's brother Vsevolod Svyatoslavich to Lyubech and concluded an agreement.[1] Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich's main objective in assembling the senior generation of Olgovichi was to secure Igor's allegiance.[1]
- April 10, 1151
- prince of Chernigov / кн. Черниговский
- 1202 (50-51)
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Content. The story describes a failed raid made in year 1185 by Kniaz Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Novgorod-Seversk, on the Polovtsians living along the lower Don.Other Rus' historical figures are mentioned, including skald Boyan (The Bard), the princes Vseslav of Polotsk, Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych, and Vsevolod the Big Nest of Suzdal.
The field of Igor Svyatoslavich's battle with the Cuman–Kipchaks, by Viktor Vasnetsov. The Cumans first encountered the Rus' in 1055, when they advanced towards the Rus' Pereyaslavl principality, but Prince Vsevolod reached an agreement with them thus avoiding a military confrontation. In 1061, however, the Cumans, under the chieftain Sokal ...
Apr 24, 2011 · The field of Igor Svyatoslavich’s battle with the Polovtsy, by Viktor Vasnetsov. Introduction: In A.D. 1185, as the Kievan Rus Empire was starting to deteriorate, a little known prince on the eastern Russian borders led his outnumbered men into battle against Mongolian invaders, the Polovtsians (Kumans).
The Tale of Igor, also called The Tale of Igor’s Campaign, of Igor, Son of Svyatoslav, Grandson of Oleg, describes the unsuccessful campaign of Igor Svyatoslavich, prince of Novgorod-Seversky, against his old enemies the Polovetsians, which took place in 1185. The exact date is easily determined because the army witnessed the solar eclipse of ...
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