The Rurik Dynasty

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The Imperial Hunt in Russia with Grand Prince Vladimir II     
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Vasily I (1371-1425) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1389 to 1425. The growing influence of Moscow abroad was underlined by the fact that Vasily married his daughter Anna to Emperor John VIII Palaeologus of Byzantium.   
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Vsevolod I (1030-1093) ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until 1093. His eldest son, Vladimir Monomakh, did most of the fighting for his father.

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After occupying Haylych in the early part of August 1189, Vladimir II Yaroslavich requested his uncle Vsevolod III Yuryevich to support his rule and in return promised to be Vsevolod's loyal vassal.

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Grand Prince Yaroslav I as the Legislator   
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The Invitation of the Varangians: Rurik and his brothers arrived in Staraya Ladoga   
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Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1015 to 1019.

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Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kiev and of all Russia, undertook a successful campaign against the Poles, Latvians, and Bulgars. As a result of these campaigns, the Kievan Rus made significant territorial gains.

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Tsar Ivan III ruled that princes who had been granted lands as an appange did not pass them to their descendants. They instead reverted to Ivan.

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Sviatoslav reigned as Grand Prince of Kiev from 945 to 972. He preferred to dress in white. It was noted that his garments were much cleaner than those of his men.

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Vladimir Yaroslavich (1020-1052) reigned as Prince of Novgorod from 1036 to 1052.

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Prince Andrew II Yaroslavich (c. 1222-1264) was the third son of Yaroslav II who succeeded his uncle Svyatoslav III as the Grand Duke of Vladimir in 1249. In 1252 he challenged the Mongols. He was ousted by them from Russia.

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Ivan III Vasilyevich reigned as Grand Prince of Moscow from 1462 to 1505. He was the first Russian ruler to style himself as "Tsar".

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Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich was Grand Prince of Kiev in 1203, 1206, 1207, and 1208 to 1212. He sent a team of builders to the town of Chernigov where it built the Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnisa between 1211 and 1214.