11th Century
Year | Date | Event |
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1015 | Vladimir died. He was succeeded by Sviatopolk I, I may have been his biological son by the rape of Yaropolk's wife. Sviatopolk ordered the murder of three of Vladimir's younger sons. | |
1016 | Yaroslav I, another of Sviatopolk's brothers, led an army against him and defeated him, forcing him to flee to Poland. | |
1017 | Yaroslav issued the first Russian code of law, the Russkaya Pravda. | |
1018 | Polish Expedition to Kiev: Sviatopolk led the Polish army into Rus'. Red Ruthenia returned to Polish possession. | |
14 August | Polish Expedition to Kiev: The Polish army captured Kiev; Yaroslav fled to Novgorod. | |
1019 | Yaroslav defeated Sviatopolk and returned to the princedom of Kiev. He granted autonomy to Novgorod as a reward for her p | |
1030 | Yaroslav reconquered Red Ruthenia from the Poles. | |
1043 | Rus'-Byzantine War (1043): Yaroslav led an unsuccessful naval raid on Constantinople. According to the peace settlement, Yaroslav's son Vsevolod I married a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachos. | |
1054 | Yaroslav died. He was succeeded by his oldest son, Iziaslav I. | |
1068 | Iziaslav was overthrown in a popular uprising and forced to flee to Poland. | |
1069 | Iziaslav led the Polish army back into Kiev and reestablished himself on the throne. | |
1073 | Two of Iziaslav's brothers, Sviatoslav II and Vsevolod I, overthrew him; the former became prince of Kiev. | |
1076 | 27 December | Sviatoslav died. Vsevolod I succeeded him, but traded the princedom of Kiev to Iziaslav in exchange for Chernigov. |
1078 | Iziaslav died. The throne of Kiev went to Vsevolod. | |
1093 | 13 April | Vsevolod died. Kiev and Chernigov went to Iziaslav's illegitimate son, Sviatopolk II. |
26 May | Battle of the Stugna River: Rus' forces attacked the Cumans at the Stugna River and were defeated. |
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