Vladimir the Great
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Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Catholic Church and
Vladimir's effigy on one of his coins. He is crowned in the Byzantine style, holding a cross-mounted staff in one hand and a trident (tryzub) in the other.
Icon of saint Vladimir
Prince Vladimir chooses a religion in 988 by Johann Leberecht Eggink (1822)
The Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir by Viktor Vasnetsov (1890)
Sviatopolk I of Kiev
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Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was Prince of Turov from 988 to 1015 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 1015 to 1019. He earned his sobriquet after allegedly murdering his brothers during his bid to take the th
Vladimir the Great
…claim that it is a confusion with Helena Lekapene Vysheslav (c. 977 – c. 1010), Prince of Novgorod (988–1010) Irina, a widow of Yaropolk I, a Greek nun Sviatopolk the Accursed (born c. 979), possibly the surviving son of Yaropolk Rogneda (the daughter of Rogvolod); later upon divorce she entered a convent taking the Christian…
Seal of Sviatopolk I
Jan Matejko, Sviatopolk (in red) with Bolesław the Brave at the Golden Gate in Kiev
A miniature of Vladimir the Great from a 17th-century Menaion
The seal of Yaroslav the Wise