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Ihor Balan
Igor ( be, Ігар, Ihar ; russian: Игорь, Igor' ; sr-Cyrl, Игор ; uk, Ігор, Ihor ; ) is a common East Slavs, East Slavic given name derived from the Norsemen, Norse name Ingvar (name), Ingvar, that was brought to ancient Kievan Rus', Rus' by the Norse Varangians, in the form ''Ingvar'' or ''Yngvar''. Igor, the son of the Varangian chief Rurik) was left with Rurik's distant relative, first Grand Prince of Kiev Oleg, as a child. Igor after the death of Oleg replaced him on Kiev's throne.Melvin G. Wren "The Course of Russian History" Outside of the Slavic language sphere, the name has also become common in Brazil and Portugal, and in the Basque language, Basque-speaking part of Spain. People Igor *Igor of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' from 913 to 945 *Igor II of Kiev (died 1147), Grand Prince of Kiev (1146) *Igor the Assassin, name given to one of the alleged assassins of Alexander Litvinenko *Igor Akinfeev (born 1986), Russian football goalkeeper *Igor Andreev (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radziwiłł Chronicle
The Radziwiłł Letopis (genre), Letopis, also known as the Königsberg Chronicle'','' is an Old East Slavic illuminated manuscripts from the 15th-century; it is believed to be a copy of a 13th-century original. Its name is derived from the royal Radziwiłł family of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (later, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth), who kept it in their Nesvizh Castle in the 17th and 18th centuries. The work is a Letopis (genre), letopis which tells the history of Kievan Rus' and its neighbors from the fifth to the early 13th centuries in pictorial form, representing events described in the manuscript with more than 600 colour illustrations. Among letopis, East Slavic chronicles, the ''Radziwiłł'' is distinguished for the richness and quantity of its illustrations, which may derive from the 13th-century original. The chronicle includes the ''Tale of Bygone Years'' and extends it with yearly entries until 1206. Gallery File:Radz1.jpg, Building a city File:Predskazani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
