Svyatoslav Rus biography

Oleg, Prince Drevlyansky mind. Vladimir mind. Rurikovich and Princess Olga in Baptism - Elena. Formally, Svyatoslav did not have the title of Grand Duke, but was actually so; In the order of the throne, the third Grand Duke. The expansion was born at the end of the x or early xg. In childhood, reigned in Novgorod. Unlike his mother, Princess Olga, remained a zealous pagan.

He defeated Khazaria from G., tried to gain a foothold in Danube Bulgaria, where he even intended to transfer the capital of his possessions. As a result of the war with Byzantia, he was forced to leave the Balkans. A. Gorsky, Svyatoslav Igorevich, the son of Prince I. according to the annals, died in the city of Gorsky, a number of historians were born, however, they suggest another, much earlier, date of his birth - G.

During the life of his father, Svyatoslav Princess in Veliky Novgorod. About this writes in his essay "On the Management of the Empire" the Byzantine emperor Konstantin VII Bagryanorod from the Macedonian dynasty; Died on November 9, Donskoy in Constantinople of the boat monoxids hollowed out of the same trunk. Donskoy is from the non -nymard Veliky Novgorod. Donskoy in which Setendoslav, the son of the Ingor, the archont of the prince was sitting.

Don Rosia. " At the end of G., by the time of the death of his father, in the fall of G., after the victory in the battle and the subsequent siege of the city of Ikhostost, Olga forces the Drevlyans to recognize the power of Svyatoslav. After the end of the Drevlyansk war, he is in Kyiv with his mother; "And he has been in love with him." Nevertheless, the prince does not interfere with those who wish to be baptized, but only "cursing it." Svyatoslav makes his first campaign in the annals - on Vyatichi.

In the following city, Itil and the Sarkel Fortress Belaya Vezha, on the left bank of the Don 4 miles from the village of Tsimlyanskaya; Now it is flooded with a reservoir in the Tsimlyansky district of the Rostov region.

During the same campaign, Yasov and Kasogov defeat. At the suggestion of the emperor, the golden agreement supported by 15 cattlenaries, Svyatoslav concludes a military agreement for the assistance of the empire against the Bulgarian state and at the head of the thousandth troops puts on a campaign. As stated in the Arab geographer, cartographer and traveler Ibn Haukal, the end of the 10th century.

Arriving in the Danube Bulgaria, Svyatoslav wins the Bulgarian, occupying 80 of their cities; sits on reigning in the city In the spring of G., the city is saved by the resourcefulness of the governor of Pretych, who gives his army as the avant -garde of the army of Svyatoslav. Having received the news of what happened, Svyatoslav rapidly protrudes from Bulgaria to Kyiv and drives the Pechenegs into the steppe.

Svyatoslav mourns the death of his mother and, in accordance with her will, burns her according to the Christian rite. Sources do not talk about the place of its burial, but, according to historians of the XIX century. Before completely leaving Kyiv, Svyatoslav gives reign to his sons. At the end of the same year, Svyatoslav returns to Bulgaria and suppresses an uprising directed against his power.

Then he concludes an alliance with the Pechenegs and Hungarians and begins to prepare for war with Byzantium. Negotiations with the new Byzantine emperor John Tsimishius died on January 11 at the end of winter -70s. However, in the spring of Arkadiopol to the west of Constantinople, Svyatoslav suffers defeat and retreats to Bulgaria. Military operations are resumed in the spring of G.

Svyatoslav is in Dorostol, when the army of Emperor John Tsimischia suddenly invades Bulgaria, and by Easter on April 16 takes the capital, G. The Bulgarian Tsar Boris died in the hands of the Byzantines in G. only a small part of the Russian garrison of Preslav, led by the governor, Spenkel leaves for Svyatoslav. For three months, Svyatoslav withstand the siege of the Byzantines in Dorostol.

The prince’s personal courage is admired: being in the very center of the battle, he courageously fights and receives a cruel blow with a sword on the collarbone. Don copies. " Having chosen the moment when the soldiers of the Kyiv prince move away from the walls of the fortress, the Emperor Tsimishiy hit the forces of his cavalry from the flanks. As a result, the Russian army is surrounded.

However, the wounded Svyatoslav manages to keep the warriors from panic. Having headed the counterattack, he breaks through the encirclement and breaks back into the fortress, losing one of the leaders of the troops, Giant Ikmore. The total losses of the Russian army are almost 15 soldiers. Prince Svyatoslav is forced to agree to peaceful negotiations, and on July 23, when meeting with Emperor John Tsimischius, he concludes an agreement with Byzantium.

Then, on the banks of the Danube, a personal meeting of the prince with the emperor takes place. The governor Sveneld advises the prince to go to Kyiv by land, bypassing the Dnieper thresholds in order to avoid a clash with the Pechenegs, but Svyatoslav does not agree. It does not manage to go through the thresholds because of the Pechenegs who blocked the path, and the Russian army remains for the winter –72.

Belobanka, where terrible hunger is experiencing. Probably, this time is the mention of persecution of Christians in the army of Svyatoslav. Tatishcheva died on July 15. Other sources do not know anything about this event. Svyatoslav repeats the attempt to break through the thresholds, but the Pechenegs again block his path.In the starting battle, the Russians are defeated by the Pechenezh Prince Kuri; Svyatoslav himself dies, and from his skull, according to legend, the Pechenegs make a bowl for wine.

The author of the oldest Russian annals "Tale of Bygone Years" of the beginning of the XII century. The appearance of the prince was described by his contemporary, the Byzantine historian Lev Deacon died after G. his head was completely naked, but on the one hand a tuft of hair hung - a sign of nobility of the family; Strong nape, wide chest and all other parts of the body are quite proportionate, but it looked gloomy and wild.

He had a gold earring in one ear. ” Being a pagan, Svyatoslav had several wives. One of them, the mother of Yaropolk and Oleg, according to non -painting data, was named after Predlav and was the Hungarian or Bulgarian princess. Expand D. Donskoy "Rurikovich. Historical Dictionary "of reign.