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Igor of Kiev. Igor (Church Slavonic: Игорь; [1][a] Old Norse: Ingvarr; [2] c. 877 – 945) [3][4][5] was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. [6] Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. [7] According to the Primary Chronicle, Rurik was succeeded by ...
Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; [1][2][3][4] Church Slavonic: Рюрикъ, romanized: Rjurikŭ; [5][b] Old Norse: Hrøríkʀ; died 879) [6][7][a] was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. [1][10] The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was succeeded by his ...
The Rurik dynasty,[a]also known as the Rurikidor Riurikid dynasty, as well as simply Rurikidsor Riurikids,[1]was a noble lineage allegedly founded by the Varangianprince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself at Novgorodin the year 862. [2][3][4]The Rurikids were the ruling dynastyof Kievan Rus'and its principalities following ...
Rurik c. 830 –879 Prince of Novgorod r. 862–879: Igor I d. 945 Prince of Kiev r. 914–945: Olga c. 890 –969 Regent of Kiev 945–960s: Predslava: Sviatoslav I c. 942 –972 Prince of Kiev r. 945–972: Malusha: Yaropolk I c. 959 –980 Prince of Kiev r. 972–980: Oleg d. 977 Prince of Drevlians: Vladimir I the Great c. 958 –1015 Grand ...
The Russian Primary Chronicle, commonly shortened to Primary Chronicle[ b ] (Church Slavonic: Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, romanized:Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ, [ c ] commonly transcribed Povest' vremennykh let (PVL), [ a ]lit.'Tale of Bygone Years'), [ 6 ][ 2 ] is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110.
According to the Primary Chronicle, Oleg was a "relative" or "kinsman" of Rurik, [14] and was entrusted by Rurik to take care of both his realm and his young son Igor. However, his relation to Rurik is debatable, and has been rejected by several modern scholars. [13] Oleg is narrated to have succeeded Rurik as the ruler of Novgorod in 879.
The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes grand duke) was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev (modern Kyiv) from the 10th to 13th centuries. [citation needed] In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prince of Vladimir and the Mongol Golden Horde governors, and later was taken over by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
We may suppose that the names of Rurik and his kin, of Askold and Dir, and of Oleg and Igor' survived in popular legend at Kiev in somewhat the same fashion as the heroes of the later bÿlinÿ. The problem for the author of the Primary Chronicle was to extract from these fragmentary survivals the semblance of an historical account.