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Rusʹ–Byzantine War (970–971)
Rusʹ–Byzantine War may refer to one of the following conflicts: *The probably apocryphal raid of Bravlin against Byzantine possessions in the Crimea (late 8th/early 9th century) * Paphlagonian expedition of the Rusʹ (830s) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (860) *Rusʹ–Byzantine War (907) The Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military operation of the Kievan Rus' against the Byzantine Empire. Paradoxically, G ... * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (941) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (970–971) * Rus'–Byzantine War (987) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1024) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1043) See also * Byzantino-Slavic wars (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rus'-Byzantine War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bravlin
{{no footnotes, date=July 2017 Bravlin (apparent Cyrillic: "Бравлин") was an apocryphal overlord of the Rus' who supposedly devastated all the Crimea from Kerch to Sougdaia in the last years of the 8th century but was paralyzed when he had entered the church of St. Stephen in Sougdaia. His Crimean campaign is mentioned in only one source, the Russian version of the Life of St. Stephen of Sougdaia ( Stephen of Surozh in Russian), tentatively dated to the 15th or 16th centuries. Vasily Vasilievsky, who was the first to publish this manuscript in the 19th century, reasoned that the core of the narrative might stem from the Early Middle Ages, reflecting a vague memory of some 10th-century Russo-Byzantine conflict. Since St. Stephen died in 786 and Bravlin's invasion is said to have happened "several years" after his death (during the term of Stephen's successor, archbishop Philaret), this Rus' expedition is usually dated to the 790s. Among those historians who view Bravlin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paphlagonian Expedition Of The Rusʹ
The Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus' was an attack by the Rus' on cities on the Propontis ( Sea of Marmara) and on the coast of the Paphlagonia, marking the first known contact between the Rus' and the Byzantine Empire. Its date is questioned, as is the belief that it was distinct from the Rus'–Byzantine War (860). Expedition The expedition is documented in the ''Life of Saint George of Amastris'', a hagiographic work describing the Rus' as "the people known to everyone for their barbarity, ferocity, and cruelty". According to the text, they attacked Propontis (probably aiming for Constantinople) before turning east and raiding Paphlagonia some time after the death of St. George (ca. 806). When they fell upon the city of Amastris, the intercession of St. George helped the inhabitants to survive the raid. This is held by many to be the earliest written record of the migration of the Rus' into southeastern Europe. It is only according to late and dubious accounts that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (860)
The siege of Constantinople of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate (Byzantine Greek: Ῥῶς) that probably never happened. It is recorded only in Russian chronicles, and reproduced by Catherine the Great in 1786, as part of her policy. For more than 1000 years nothing was published about this supposed attack, until Franz Cumont, a historian found and published an anonymous script in 1894. The ''casus belli'', according the Russian narration, was the construction of the fortress Sarkel by Byzantine engineers, restricting the Rus' trade route along the Don River in favor of the Khazars. Accounts vary, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the outcome is unknown in detail. It is known that Byzantines following the Roman tradition recorded everything, but not in that case. That was impossible. According the Russian sources the Rus' caught Constantinople unprepared, while the empire was preoccupied by the ongoing Arab–Byzant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (907)
The Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military operation of the Kievan Rus' against the Byzantine Empire. Paradoxically, Greek sources do not mention it at all. Primary Chronicle The chronicle describes the raid of 907 in considerable detail. The memory of the campaign seems to have been transmitted orally among several generations of the Rus'. This may account for the abundance of colorful details that belong to folklore rather than to history. We are told that, at first, Byzantine envoys attempted to poison Oleg before he could approach Constantinople. The Rus' leader, renowned for his oracular powers, refused to drink from the poisoned cup. When his navy was within sight of Constantinople, he found the city gate closed and the entry into the Bosporus barred with iron chains. At this point, Oleg resorted to subterfuge: he effected a landing on the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (941)
The Rus'–Byzantine War of 941 took place during the reign of Igor of Kiev.Some scholars have identified Oleg of Novgorod as the leader of the expedition, though according to traditional sources he had been dead for some time. ''See, e.g.,'' Golb 106-121; Mosin 309-325; Zuckerman 257-268; Christian 341-345. The first naval attack was driven off and followed by another, successful offensive in 944. The outcome was the Rus'–Byzantine Treaty of 945. The invasion The Rus' and their allies, the Pechenegs, disembarked on the northern coast of Asia Minor and swarmed over Bithynia in May 941. As usual, they seemed to have been well informed that the Imperial capital stood defenseless and vulnerable to attack: the Byzantine fleet had been engaged against the Arabs in the Mediterranean, while the bulk of the Imperial army had been stationed along the eastern borders. Lecapenus arranged a defense of Constantinople by having 15 retired ships fitted out with throwers of Greek f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (970–971)
Rusʹ–Byzantine War may refer to one of the following conflicts: *The probably apocryphal raid of Bravlin against Byzantine possessions in the Crimea (late 8th/early 9th century) * Paphlagonian expedition of the Rusʹ (830s) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (860) *Rusʹ–Byzantine War (907) The Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful military operation of the Kievan Rus' against the Byzantine Empire. Paradoxically, G ... * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (941) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (970–971) * Rus'–Byzantine War (987) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1024) * Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1043) See also * Byzantino-Slavic wars (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rus'-Byzantine War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianization Of Kievan Rusʹ
The Christianization of Kievan Rus' took place in several stages. In early 867, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople announced to other Christian patriarchs that the Rus', baptized by his bishop, took to Christianity with particular enthusiasm. Photius's attempts at Christianizing the country seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Primary Chronicle and other Slavonic sources describe the tenth-century Rus' as firmly entrenched in paganism. Following the Primary Chronicle, the definitive Christianization of Kievan Rus' dates from the year 988 (the year is disputed), when Vladimir the Great was baptized in Chersonesus and proceeded to baptize his family and people in Kiev. The latter events are traditionally referred to as baptism of Rus' (russian: Крещение Руси; ua, Хрещення Русі) in Ukrainian and Russian literature. Legendary history According to the Church Tradition, Christianity was first brought to the territory of modern Belarus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1024)
The Battle of Lemnos in 1024 was the culmination of a raid by Kievan Rus' troops through the Dardanelles and into the Aegean Sea. It was the penultimate conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Rus'. The only source for the conflict is the history of John Skylitzes. According to Skylitzes, in 1024 a Rus' leader named Chrysocheir assembled 800 men and sailed to Constantinople, aiming to enlist in the Varangian Guard of Emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025). This Chrysocheir was a relative of the late Kievan prince Vladimir of Kiev, who had married the Emperor's sister Anna. His real name is unknown, and "''Chrysocheir''" is most likely a Greek translation of his name, meaning "gold-hand". Blondal proposed that it derived either from Old Norse ''Auđmundr'', or from Old English ''Eadmund''. At Constantinople, Chrysocheir and his men were asked to surrender their weapons before being allowed into the city to enlist. The Rus' refused, and instead sailed south through the Propontis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusʹ–Byzantine War (1043)
The final Byzantine–Rus' War was, in essence, an unsuccessful naval raid against Constantinople instigated by Yaroslav I of Kiev and led by his eldest son, Vladimir of Novgorod, in 1043. The reasons for the war are disputed, as is its course. Michael Psellus, an eyewitness of the battle, left a hyperbolic account detailing how the invading Kievan Rus' were annihilated by a superior Imperial fleet with Greek fire off the Anatolian shore. According to the Slavonic chronicles, the Ruthenian fleet was destroyed by a tempest. The Byzantines sent a squadron of 14 ships to pursue the dispersed monoxyla of the Rus'. They were sunk by the Ruthenian admiral Ivan Tvorimich, who also managed to rescue Prince Vladimir after the shipwreck. The Varangian Guard was also present. A 6,000-strong Ruthenian contingent under Vyshata, which did not take part in naval action, was captured and deported to Constantinople. Eight hundred of the Ruthenian prisoners were blinded. Vyshata was allowed to r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantino-Slavic Wars (other)
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Byzantino-Slavic wars or Slavo-Byzantine wars may refer to: * Byzantino-Bulgarian wars, wars between Byantines and Bulgarians * Byzantino-Rusian wars (other), wars between Byantines and Rusians * Byzantino-Serbian wars, wars between Byantines and Serbs See also * Byzantine (other) * Slavic (other) Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Sla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
