Vsevolod Svyatoslavich (russian: Всеволод Святославич), also known as Vsevolod Aurochs (russian: Буй-тур) and Vsevolod the Fierce (died 1196), was a
Prince of Kursk and
Prince of Trubchevsk from a
Rurikid family in
Kievan Rus
Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern Europe, Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Hist ...
. He participated in wars against
Cumans
The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...
and was mentioned in
The Tale of Igor's Campaign
''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' ( orv, Слово о пълкѹ Игоревѣ, translit=Slovo o pŭlku Igorevě) is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language.
The title is occasionally translated as ''The Tale of the Campai ...
.
Rurik dynasty
Medieval Russian people
1196 deaths
Eastern Orthodox monarchs
Year of birth unknown
12th-century princes in Kievan Rus'
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