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18/05/2024

Not what you want to see when you are out for a ride. An enormous snake falls to earth with a deafening bang while Vsevolod was hunting.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/13-vsevolod-1077-1078-93/🐍

#русь #русскаяистория #змея #всеволод #чудо

14/05/2024

Vsevolod's time as Grand Prince was marked by raids by the Polovtsy and internal conflict as landless princes fought for a place to rule. And a huge snake fell from the sky.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/05/14/13-vsevolod-1077-1078-93/

#русь #русскаяистория #киев #всеволод

08/05/2024

Svyatoslav had ruled Chernigov for 19 years when he fell out with his brother Izyaslav and drove him from power. Which would strike Svyatoslav down first - his own ill health, or his brother?

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/05/08/12-svyatoslav-ii-1073-76/

04/05/2024

Vseslav was Prince of Polotsk when he was captured by trickery and imprisoned in Kiev by Izyaslav. When a mob broke him out and Izyaslav fled, Vseslav got to be Grand Prince of Kiev. Find out how things went.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/05/04/vseslav-1068-69/

04/05/2024

Izyaslav was doing well under difficult circumstances until the Polovtsy defeated him and his brothers at the river Al'ta in 1068. Things went downhill from there, with Izyaslav being driven into exile twice before the end.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/10-izyaslav-1054-68-1069-73-1077-78/

22/04/2024

Not far from the site where Prince Yaroslav killed the bear, Yaroslavl's Assumption Cathedral was rebuilt to mark the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the city.

#русь #русскаяистория #ярославль #ярослав

20/04/2024

Beautiful Novgorod, with Yaroslav's Court at the top right (above the sailing ship) and St. Sophia's cathedral with the golden dome in the middle of the nearest half of the Kremlin on the right. Thanks to novgorod.ru for the photo!

For more about Yaroslav, see https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/yaroslav-1019-1054/

#история #русь #русскаяистория #новгород #ярослав

14/04/2024

After four years of conflict, Yaroslav becomes Grand Prince of Kiev. He uses diplomacy, learning and military success to raise Russia to new heights, his reign is seen as a golden age for early mediaeval Russia.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/yaroslav-1019-1054/

01/04/2024

New month, new Grand Prince, as we look at Svyatopolk the Accursed. He killed his brothers and betrayed his allies; the best that can be said of him is that he died after only four years in charge.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/8-svyatopolk-1015-1019/

22/03/2024

This time, as a little break from history, we look at Vladimir as the character in ancient Russian epic poetry, Vladimir the Red Sun: https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/vladimir-part-3-the-red-sun/

#владимиркрасноесолнышко #былины #русь

06/03/2024

Come and find out about the second half of Vladimir the Great's reign at
https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/7b-vladimir-part-2-989-1015/

He feeds the poor, builds fortresses and churches, fights the Pechenegs, hides under a bridge and finds a man strong enough to rip the side off a raging bull with his bare hands.

#русь #русскаяистория #владимир #христианство #печенеги #святойвладимир

25/02/2024

Meet Grand Prince Vladimir's brother-in-law, and after his baptism with the Christian name Basil, his namesake, Emperor Basil II.

# vladimir #владимир #русь #русскаяистория

19/02/2024

This episode, Rate My Tsar (https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com) brings you the first part of the eventful reign of Vladimir. He kills his brother, unites the East Slavs, acquires a huge number of wives and then converts to Christianity.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/7-vladimir-part-1-978-988/

09/02/2024

To give an idea of the landscape around where Yaropolk's brother Oleg found Lyut Sveneldich hunting, here is "Pond - A Summer Evening" by Vladimir Orlovsky. To find out what happened to Oleg and Lyut, see Https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com

#ярополк #русь #русскаяистория #живопись #русскоеискусство #владимирорловский

07/02/2024

Yaropolk learns he is Grand Prince, but Sveneld's son starts a fight with Yaropolk's brother Oleg, Prince of Vruchy. Things start going very wrong for Yaropolk.

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/02/07/6-yaropolk-972-978/

05/02/2024

This is what Itil, the capital of the Khazar Khaganate, looks like now, photo by PoohE on Wikimapia. Samosdelskoye Gorodishche near the banks of the Volga.

For more details about the Khazars and their conqueror, Svyatoslav, go to https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com

#святослав #русь #русскаяистория #хазар

03/02/2024

Svyatoslav's first campaign was to the Vyatichi, to give an idea of the landscape, we've got a 1912 colour photo by Prokudin-Gorsky near Ryazan and another by GenaMoroz of the countryside of Lipetsk oblast: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

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#святослав #вятичи #русь #русскаяистория #липецкаяобласть #рязань

31/01/2024

Svyatoslav is all grown up and ready to take power. Read all about how he crushes the Khazars, breaks Bulgaria but comes a cropper at the Dnieper rapids just a short way from home at https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/01/31/5-svyatoslav-945-972/

#святослав #хазар #болгария #идунавы #русь #русскаяистория

31/01/2024

Still not had quite enough revenge? I'm not sure the illuminator quite grasped the scale of setting a town alight by sending pigeons back with burning tinder tied to their legs, but he did get the subsequent slaughter. Olga's fourth and final act of revenge.

#ольга #древляне #русь #русскаяистория #месть

30/01/2024

Olga goes to Iskorosten to bury Igor and "marry Mal", but the feast turns bloody when the Drevlyane are all incapacitated with drink. Olga's third act of revenge.

#ольга #русь #русскаяистория #древляне #месть

29/01/2024

24/01/2024

Olga's first vengeance - burying a ship full of ambassadors alive.

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18/01/2024

Igor is dead, Olga wants revenge. Lots of revenge. Learn how the furious pagan becomes a saint at Rate My Tsar:

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/01/17/4-olga-945-c-960/

#ольга #русскаяистория #русь #христианство #налоги

14/01/2024

Igor's burial site, near Korosten'. Photo by Kiyanka, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

If you haven't already found out why Igor's grave isn't in Kiev, read all about it at https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com

#игорь #русь #русскаяистория #искоростень #древляне

12/01/2024

We've got some Roman miniatures this time. Here we have the Pechenegs and on the second picture, Igor's nemesis:Greek Fire.
#игорь #печенеги #русь #русскаяистория

10/01/2024

Vybuty, near Pskov, possibly the homeland of Igor's wife, Olga (photo by Nesabytka) and the touching scene of Igor and Olga's first meeting by Vasily Sazonov.
#выбуты #псков #русь #россия #русскаяистория

09/01/2024

Igor collecting tribute from the Drevlyane. Don't be greedy, you'll regret it.
For more details, including instructions on how to NOT to rob your own subjects, take a look at https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com.

#русь #русскаяистория #игорь #древляне

07/01/2024

Rate My Tsar wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas!

07/01/2024

Igor finally makes it on to the throne. He faces rebels, a nomadic threat, a breakdown in relations with the Romans. Can he survive Greek Fire? Will the love of money prove once again to be the root of all evil? Find out on Rate my Tsar!

https://ratemytsar.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/igor-912-945/

04/01/2024

Oleg puts wheels on his ships and sails them over the land to Constantinople (907 AD). Yermak puts rollers under his ships and takes them to Siberia (1581-2 AD). Same idea, different millenia.