1. Shelter during the Pecheneg siege of Kyiv

    · Kyiv, Ukraine

    Shelter during the Pecheneg siege of Kyiv
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    As a child, Vladimir was inside Kyiv with his grandmother Olga and his brothers during a Pecheneg siege. The Primary Chronicle narrative supplies the year; early Rus' chronology is partly reconstructed and should be treated cautiously.

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