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Igor ( Church Slavonic: Игорь; [1] [a] Old Norse: Ingvarr; [2] c. 877 – 945) [3] [4] [5] was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. [6] Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. [7] According to the Primary Chronicle, Rurik was succeeded by Oleg, who ...
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Igor II Olgovich (died September 19, 1147) was Prince of...
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son Svyatoslav I. Igor (born c. 877—died 945, Dereva region [Russia]) grand prince of Kiev and presumably the son of Rurik, prince of Novgorod, who is considered the founder of the dynasty that ruled Kievan Rus and, later, Muscovy until 1598. Igor, successor to the great warrior and diplomat Oleg (reigned c. 879–912), assumed the throne of ...
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Jun 10, 2021 · Igor I of Kiev ruled from AD 913 until his death in AD 945. Although he had a relatively long reign, many aspects of his story remain a mystery to historians. His story comes to us primarily from the 12th-century Russian Primary Chronicle, which documents his rise to and fall from power. Igor I of Kiev.
Sep 15, 2020 · Prince Igor of Kiev (Kyiv): War and Diplomacy in the Early Rus’. The early beginnings of the Kievan (Kyivan) Rus’ are a highly researched subject that is a defining part of the history of the eastern Slavic peoples. The roots of Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia are deeply tied to this early medieval Slavic state governed by a Viking ruling dynasty.
Vladimir compiled the first Kievan Rus law code and introduced Christianity into the country. He also organized the Kievan Rus lands into a cohesive confederation by distributing the major cities among his sons; the eldest was to be grand prince of Kiev, and the brothers were to succeed each other, moving up the hierarchy of cities toward Kiev, filling vacancies left by the advancement or ...
