Vladimir II Monomakh
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Vladimir II Monomakh was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. Prince Monomakh distinguished himself in 83 large-scale campaigns into Polovtsian lands, which made Polovtsians and their Khans fear hi
Seal of Vladimir II Monomakh
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik, 1672
The Testament of Vladimir Monomakh to Children, 1125. Lithography of 1836.
Monomakh giving his sword to his son Andrew, Prince of Volhynia - miniature from Radziwill Chronicle
Oleg I of Chernigov
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Oleg Svyatoslavich, nicknamed Gorislavich 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 Pri
Vladimir II Monomakh
…that he conducted 83 military campaigns and 19 times made peace with the Polovtsi. At first he waged war against the steppe jointly with his cousin Oleg, but after Vladimir was sent by his father to rule Chernigov and Oleg made peace with the Polovtsi to retake that city from him, they parted company…
The image of Prince Oleg Svyatoslavich ("Gorislavich") on a princely coin.