Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the Sviatoslavichi branch of Rurikids.
Sviatoslav (far right) with his family, 1073
A page from Sviatoslav's Izbornik of 1073
The Grand Prince of Kiev was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev from the 10th to 13th centuries. In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prince of Vladimir and the Mongol Golden Horde governors, and later was taken over by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Regnal list in the opening lines of the Khlebnikov Codex: 'In Kiev, the first to begin reigning together were Dinar and Askold, after them came Olga, after Olga Igor...'