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.