Volodymyr the Great
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Volodymyr the Great (c. 958 – 15 July 1015) was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kyiv, and ruler of Kyivan Rus' from 980 to 1015. He baptized the Kyiv Rus' in 988 and was proclaimed as Saint Volodymyr by the Orthodox church.[1][2]
Biography
Volodymyr was the son of Prince Sviatoslav I of Kyiv of the Rurik dynasty. After the death of his father in 972, Volodymyr moved to Scandinavia from Novgorod as his brother Yaropolk had murdered his other brothers in order to gain the power in Kyiv. In Sweden and Norway he gathered a Varangian army and took Novgorod from his brother Yaropolk. By 980, Volodymyr had consolidated the Kyiv kingdom from modern-day Ukraine, Belarus and minor parts of modern day Russia.
In 981 he captured the Cherven towns from the Poles. In 981–984 he suppressed and conquered a few Slavic tribes including Vyatychi and Radymychi. In 985 Vololdymyr made a war against the Volga Bulgars.[3][4]
Volodymyr The Great Media
The Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir, by Viktor Vasnetsov (1890)
Vladimir and Rogneda (1770)
Volodymyr the Great portrait on obverse of ₴1 bill, circa 2006
Vladimir the Great on the Millennium of Russia monument in Novgorod.
Monument to Vladimir the Great and the monk Fyodor at Pushkin Park in Vladimir, Russia.
Monument to Volodymyr the Great in Kyiv.
Statue in London: "St Volodymyr – Ruler of Ukraine, 980–1015, erected by Ukrainians in Great Britain in 1988 to celebrate the establishment of Christianity in Ukraine by St. Volodymyr in 988".
St Vladimir the Great Monument in Belgorod, Russia.
Monument to Prince Vladimir (Novocheboksarsk).
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References
- ↑ Saint Vladimir the Baptizer: Wetting cultural appetites for the Gospel, Dr. Alexander Roman, Ukrainian Orthodoxy website
- ↑ Vladimir the Great, Encyclopedia of Ukraine
- ↑ Janet Martin. Medieval Russia. Cambridge University Press. 1995. pp. 5, 15, 20.
- ↑ John Channon, Robert Hudson. The Penguin historical atlas of Russia. Viking. 1995. p. 23.