1. Meeting the Pechenegs at the Trubizh ford

    · Trubizh River ford near Pereiaslav, Ukraine

    Returning from a campaign against the Croats, Vladimir met a Pecheneg force at the Trubizh ford near Pereiaslav, where the chronicle places a champion duel and Rus' victory. The cited chronicle annal is 6501, variously converted as 992 or 993; the canonical English biography uses 992. Coordinates represent Pereiaslav and the nearby Trubizh.

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