10th and 11th-century Grand Prince of Kiev and Novgorod
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich
or
Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych
[8]
(
Old East Slavic
:
Володим?ръ Св?тославичь
,
romanized:
Volodim?r Sv?toslavi?
;
[a]
[b]
[10]
Christian name
:
Basil
;
[11]
c.
958
– 15 July 1015), given the epithet
"the Great"
,
[12]
was
Prince of Novgorod
from 970 and
Grand Prince of Kiev
from 978 until his death in 1015.
[13]
[14]
The
Eastern Orthodox Church
canonised
him as
Saint Vladimir
.
[15]
[16]
Vladimir's father was
Sviatoslav I
of the
Rurik dynasty
.
[17]
After the death of his father in 972, Vladimir, who was then the prince of
Novgorod
, was forced to flee abroad after his brother
Yaropolk
murdered his other brother
Oleg
in 977 to become the sole ruler of Rus'. Vladimir assembled a
Varangian
army and returned to depose Yaropolk in 978.
[18]
By 980,
[14]
Vladimir had consolidated his realm to the
Baltic Sea
and solidified the frontiers against incursions of
Bulgarians
,
Baltic tribes
and Eastern nomads. Originally a follower of
Slavic paganism
, Vladimir converted to
Christianity
in 988,
[19]
[20]
[21]
and
Christianized the Kievan Rus
.
[17]
[22]
Name
[
edit
]
Several scholars refer to Vladimir as
Volodimer
,
[26]
also spelled
Volodimir
,
[c]
and his descendants as
Volodimerovichi
(sometimes in lieu of "
Rurikids
").
In the
history of Scandinavia
, Vladimir is also known as
Valdemar
or the
Old Norse
form
Valdamarr
(see
Waldemar
).
[31]
[32]
[33]
[34]
Rise to power
[
edit
]
Born in 958, Vladimir was the
illegitimate
and youngest son of
Sviatoslav I of Kiev
by his housekeeper
Malusha
.
Malusha is described in the
Norse sagas
as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future. Malusha's brother
Dobrynya
was Vladimir's tutor and most trusted advisor. Hagiographic tradition of dubious authenticity also connects his childhood with the name of his grandmother,
Olga of Kiev
, who was Christian and governed the capital during Sviatoslav's frequent military campaigns.
[36]
Transferring his capital to
Pereyaslavets
, Sviatoslav designated Vladimir ruler of
Novgorod the Great
in 970,
[13]
but gave Kiev to his legitimate son
Yaropolk
. After Sviatoslav's death at the hands of the
Pechenegs
in 972, a fratricidal war erupted in 977 between Yaropolk and his younger brother
Oleg
, ruler of the
Drevlians
; Vladimir fled abroad and assembled a Varangian army to assist him in deposing Yaropolk.
[37]
[18]
On his return the next year, he marched against Yaropolk. On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to
Rogvolod
(Norse: Ragnvald), prince of
Polotsk
, to sue for the hand of his daughter
Rogneda
(Norse: Ragnhild). The high-born princess refused to affiance herself to the son of a bondswoman (and was betrothed to Yaropolk), so Vladimir attacked Polotsk, took Ragnhild by force, and put her parents to the sword.
[38]
Polotsk was a key fortress on the way to Kiev, and capturing Polotsk and
Smolensk
facilitated the taking of Kiev in 978, where he slew Yaropolk by treachery and was proclaimed
knyaz
of all
Kievan Rus'
.
[39]
[14]
Years of pagan rule
[
edit
]
Vladimir continued to expand his territories beyond his father's extensive domain. In 981, he seized the
Cherven towns
from the
Duchy of Poland
; in 981?982, he suppressed a
Vyatichi
rebellion; in 983, he subdued the
Yatvingians
; in 984, he conquered the
Radimichs
; and in 985, he conducted a military campaign against the
Volga Bulgars
,
[40]
[41]
planting numerous fortresses and colonies on his way.
Although
Christianity
had spread in the region under Oleg's rule, Vladimir had remained a thoroughgoing pagan, taking eight hundred concubines (along with numerous wives) and erecting pagan statues and shrines to gods.
[42]
He may have attempted to reform
Slavic paganism
in an attempt to identify himself with the various gods worshipped by his subjects. He built a pagan temple on a hill in Kiev dedicated to six gods:
Perun
?the god of thunder and war, a god favored by members of the prince's
druzhina
(military retinue); Slavic gods
Stribog
and
Dazhd'bog
;
Mokosh
?a goddess representing Mother Nature "worshipped by Finnish tribes"; Khors and
Simargl
, "both of which had Iranian origins, were included, probably to appeal to the
Poliane
".
[43]
Open abuse of the deities that most people in Rus' revered triggered widespread indignation. A mob killed the Christian Fyodor and his son Ioann (later, after the overall Christianisation of Kievan Rus', people came to regard these two as the first Christian martyrs in Rus', and the Orthodox Church set a day to commemorate them, 25 July
[44]
). Immediately after the murder of Fyodor and Ioann, early medieval Rus' saw persecutions against Christians, many of whom escaped or concealed their belief.
[d]
However, Prince Vladimir mused over the incident long after, and not least for political considerations. According to the early Slavic chronicle, the
Tale of Bygone Years
, which describes life in Kievan Rus' up to the year 1110, he sent his envoys throughout the world to assess first-hand the major religions of the time: Islam, Latin Christianity, Judaism, and Byzantine Christianity.
[45]
They were most impressed with their visit to Constantinople, saying, "We knew not whether we were in Heaven or on Earth ... We only know that God dwells there among the people, and their service is fairer than the ceremonies of other nations."
[46]
Conversion
[
edit
]
The
Primary Chronicle
reports that in the year 986, missionaries from various peoples representing various religions arrived in Kiev, trying to convert Vladimir to their religion. In 987, after consultation with his
boyars
, Vladimir reportedly sent envoys to study the religions of the various neighboring peoples whose representatives had been urging him to embrace their respective faiths. Although in both stories Vladimir ultimately rejects all options except
Eastern Christianity
, he hesitates and does not convert.
In 988, having taken the town of
Chersonesus
in
Crimea
, he allegedly boldly negotiated for the hand of emperor
Basil II
's sister,
Anna
.
[48]
Never before had a
Byzantine
imperial princess, and one
"born in the purple"
, married a barbarian, as matrimonial offers of French kings and
Holy Roman Emperors
had been peremptorily rejected. In short, to marry the 27-year-old princess to a pagan Slav seemed impossible. Vladimir was baptized at Chersonesos, however, taking the Christian name of Basil out of compliment to his imperial brother-in-law; the sacrament was followed by his wedding to Anna.
Arab
sources, both Muslim and Christian, present a different story of Vladimir's conversion.
Yahya of Antioch
,
al-Rudhrawari
,
al-Makin
,
al-Dimashqi
, and
ibn al-Athir
all give essentially the same account.
[49]
In 987,
Bardas Sclerus
and
Bardas Phocas
revolted against the Byzantine emperor Basil II. Both rebels briefly joined forces, but then Bardas Phocas proclaimed himself emperor on 14 September 987. Basil II turned to the Kievan Rus' for assistance, even though they were considered enemies at that time. Vladimir agreed, in exchange for a marital tie; he also agreed to accept Christianity as his religion and to Christianize his people. When the wedding arrangements were settled, Vladimir dispatched 6,000 troops to the Byzantine Empire, and they helped to put down the revolt.
[50]
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
[
edit
]
Returning to Kiev in triumph, Vladimir
destroyed pagan monuments
and established many churches, starting with a church dedicated to
St. Basil
,
[51]
and the
Church of the Tithes
(989).
In 988 and 991, he baptized
Pecheneg
princes
Metiga
and
Kuchug
, respectively.
[52]
Christian reign
[
edit
]
Vladimir then formed a great council out of his boyars and set his
twelve sons
over his subject principalities.
According to the
Primary Chronicle
, he founded the city of
Belgorod
in 991. In 992, he went on a campaign against the Croats, most likely the
White Croats
that lived on the border of modern
Ukraine
. This campaign was cut short by the attacks of the
Pechenegs
on and around
Kiev
.
[53]
In his later years he lived in relative peace with his other neighbors:
Bolesław I of Poland
,
Stephen I of Hungary
, and Andrikh the Czech (a shadowy figure mentioned in
A Tale of the Bygone Years
). After Anna's death, he married again, likely to a granddaughter of
Otto the Great
.
[
citation needed
]
In 1014, his son
Yaroslav the Wise
stopped paying tribute. Vladimir decided to chastise the insolence of his son and began gathering troops against him. Vladimir fell ill, however, most likely of old age, and died at Berestove, near modern-day Kiev. The various parts of his dismembered body were distributed among his numerous sacred foundations and were venerated as
relics
.
During his Christian reign, Vladimir lived the teachings of the Bible through acts of charity. He would hand out food and drink to the less fortunate, and made an effort to go out to the people who could not reach him. His work was based on the impulse to help one's neighbors by sharing the burden of carrying their cross.
[54]
He founded numerous churches, including the
Desyatynna Tserkva
(Church, or Cathedral, of the Tithes)
(989), established schools, protected the poor and introduced ecclesiastical courts. He lived mostly at peace with his neighbors, the incursions of the Pechenegs alone disturbing his tranquility.
He introduced the
Byzantine law code
into his territories following his conversion but reformed some of its harsher elements; he notably abolished
capital punishment
, along with
judicial torture
and
mutilation
.
[55]
Family
[
edit
]
The fate of all Vladimir's daughters, whose number is around nine, is uncertain. His wives, concubines, and their children were as follows:
- Olava
or Allogia (
Varangian
or
Czech
), speculative; she might have been mother of Vysheslav while others claim that it is a confusion with
Helena Lekapene
- Vysheslav (c. 977 – c. 1010), Prince of Novgorod (988?1010)
[56]
- Irina
, a widow of
Yaropolk I
, a Greek nun
- Rogneda
(the daughter of
Rogvolod
); later upon divorce she entered a convent taking the Christian name of Anastasia
- Izyaslav of Polotsk
(born c. 979, Kiev), Prince of Polotsk (989?1001)
- Yaroslav the Wise
(no earlier than 983), Prince of
Rostov
[57]
(988?1010), Prince of Novgorod (1010?1034), Grand Prince of Kiev (1016?1018, 1019?1054). He was likely a son of
Anna Porphyrogenita
rather than Rogneda.
[58]
[59]
Another interesting fact is that he was younger than Sviatopolk according to the words of
Boris
in the
Tale of Bygone Years
and not as it was officially known. A later analysis of his skeletal remains also corroborates this view.
[60]
- Vsevolod (c. 984 – 1013), possibly the Swedish Prince Wissawald of
Volhynia
(c. 1000), was perhaps the first husband of
Estrid Svendsdatter
- Mstislav, distinct from Mstislav of Chernigov, possibly died as an infant, if he was ever born
- Mstislav of Chernigov
(born c. 983), Prince of
Tmutarakan
(990?1036), Prince of
Chernigov
(1024?1036), other sources claim him to be the son of other mothers (Adela,
Malfrida
, or some other Bulgarian wife)
- Predslava, a
concubine
of
Bolesław I Chrobry
according to
Gesta principum Polonorum
- Premislava, (died 1015), some sources state that she was a wife of the
Duke Laszlo (Vladislav) "the Bald"
of the
Arpadians
- Mstislava, in 1018 was taken by
Bolesław I Chrobry
among the other daughters
- Bulgarian Adela, some sources claim that Adela is not necessarily Bulgarian as Boris and Gleb may have been born from some other wife
- Boris
(born c. 986), Prince of Rostov (c. 1010 – 1015), remarkable is the fact that the Rostov Principality as well as the Principality of
Murom
used to border the territory of the
Volga Bolgars
- Gleb
(born c. 987), Prince of Murom (1013?1015), as is Boris, Gleb is also claimed to be the son of
Anna Porphyrogenita
.
[61]
- Stanislav (born c. 985 – 1015), Prince of Smolensk (988?1015), possibly of another wife and the fate of whom is not certain
- Sudislav
(died 1063), Prince of
Pskov
(1014?1036), possibly of another wife, but he is mentioned in
Nikon
's Chronicles. He spent 35 years in prison and later became a monk.
- Malfrida
- Sviatoslav (c. 982 – 1015), Prince of Drevlians (990?1015)
- Anna Porphyrogenita
- a granddaughter of
Otto the Great
(possibly Rechlinda Otona [Regelindis])
- other possible family
Significance and legacy
[
edit
]
The
Eastern Orthodox
,
Byzantine Rite Lutheran
and
Roman Catholic
churches celebrate the feast day of St. Vladimir on 15/28 July.
[62]
[63]
The town
Volodymyr
in north-western Ukraine was founded by Vladimir and is named after him.
[64]
The foundation of another town,
Vladimir
in Russia, is usually attributed to
Vladimir Monomakh
. However some researchers argue that it was also founded by Vladimir the Great.
[65]
St Volodymyr's Cathedral
, one of the largest cathedrals in Kyiv, is dedicated to Vladimir the Great, as was originally the
Kyiv University
. The
Imperial Russian
Order of St. Vladimir
and
Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
in the United States are also named after him.
The memory of Vladimir was also kept alive by innumerable Russian folk ballads and legends, which refer to him as
Krasno Solnyshko
(
the Fair Sun
, or
the Red Sun
;
Красно Солнышко
in Russian). The
Varangian
period of Eastern Slavic history ceases with Vladimir, and the Christian period begins.
The appropriation of Kievan Rus' as part of national history has also been a topic of contention in
Ukrainophile
vs.
Russophile
schools of historiography since the
Soviet era
.
[66]
Today, he is regarded as a symbol in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
All branches of the economy prospered under Vladimir.
[67]
He
minted coins
and regulated foreign affairs with other countries, such as trade, bringing in
Greek wines
,
Baghdad
spices, and
Arabian horses
for the markets of Kiev.
See also
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
Volodim?rъ
is an Old East Slavic form of the given name; this form was influenced and partially replaced by the
Old Bulgarian
(Old Church Slavonic) form
Vladim?rъ
(by folk etymology later also
Vladimirъ
; in modern East Slavic languages, the given name is rendered
Belarusian
:
Уладзiмiр
,
Uladzimir
,
Russian
:
Владимир
,
Vladimir
,
Ukrainian
:
Володимир
,
Volodymyr
. See
Vladimir (name)
for details.
- ^
Russian
:
Владимир Святославич
,
Vladimir Svyatoslavich
;
Ukrainian
:
Володимир Святославич
,
Volodymyr Sviatoslavych
;
Old Norse
Valdamarr gamli
;
[9]
- ^
According to historian Donald Ostrowski (2017), Russian scholars tend to prefer "Vladimir", while Ukrainian scholars tend to prefer "Volodimer". However, "Volodimir" tends to occur as much in the primary sources as "Volodimer", and significantly more often than "Vladimir".
[28]
- ^
In 983, after another of his military successes, Prince Vladimir and his army thought it necessary to sacrifice human lives to the gods. A lot was cast and it fell on a youth, Ioann by name, the son of a Christian, Fyodor. His father stood firmly against his son being sacrificed to the idols. Further, he tried to show the pagans the futility of their faith: "Your gods are just plain wood: it is here now but it may rot into oblivion tomorrow; your gods neither eat, nor drink, nor talk and are made by human hand from wood; whereas there is only one God ? He is worshiped by Greeks and He created heaven and earth; and your gods? They have created nothing, for they have been created themselves; never will I give my son to the devils!"
[
citation needed
]
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