Vladimir the Great

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Vladimir the Great was the grand prince of Kiev who consolidated Kievan Rus' and is best known for Christianizing the state in the late 10th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian convert ⓘ
grand prince ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
member of the Rurik dynasty ⓘ
monarch of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
saint ⓘ
alliance Byzantine Empire ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form: Saint Vladimir

Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir I of Kiev

Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir the Baptizer

Vladimir the Great ⓘ
surface form: Vladimir the Fair Sun
associatedWithCity Kyiv ⓘ
surface form: Kiev

Novgorod ⓘ
baptismPlace Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Chersonesus in Crimea (traditionally)
birthDate c. 958 ⓘ
birthPlace likely Budyatychi or near Pskov, in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
burialPlace Church of the Tithes, Kiev ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
child Boris of Kiev ⓘ
Gleb of Kiev ⓘ
Mstislav I of Kiev ⓘ
surface form: Mstislav of Chernigov

Sviatopolk I of Kiev ⓘ
Vladimir-Suzdal Yurievichi ⓘ
surface form: Vsevolod of Vladimir

Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
commemoratedIn Roman Catholic Church (in some calendars) ⓘ
Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ
convertedToChristianity c. 988 ⓘ
culturalImpact central figure in East Slavic chronicles and legends ⓘ
deathDate 15 July 1015 ⓘ
deathPlace Berestove, near Kiev ⓘ
dynasty Rurik dynasty ⓘ
father Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
feastDay 15 July (Orthodox Church) ⓘ
28 July (some Orthodox calendars) ⓘ
fullName Vladimir Sviatoslavich ⓘ
grandfather Igor of Kiev ⓘ
grandmother Olga of Kiev ⓘ
introducedReligionAsStateReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
legacy considered founder of Christian Rus' ⓘ
militaryCampaign campaigns against Polish and Baltic tribes ⓘ
campaigns against the Khazars ⓘ
campaigns against the Volga Bulgars ⓘ
notableFor Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
adoption of Byzantine Christianity as state religion ⓘ
consolidation of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Prince of Kiev ⓘ
Prince of Novgorod ⓘ
reignEnd 1015 ⓘ
reignStart c. 980 ⓘ
religionAfterConversion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
religionBeforeConversion Slavic mythology ⓘ
surface form: Slavic paganism
ruledTerritory Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
spouse Anna Porphyrogenita ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk ⓘ
multiple other wives and concubines (unnamed in many sources) ⓘ
symbolOf Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
surface form: Christianization of Eastern Slavs

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rurik dynasty → notableMember → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Kyivan Rus → convertedToChristianityUnder → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Kyivan Rus → notableRuler → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Rurik → ancestorOf → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Sviatoslav I of Kiev → child → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Sviatoslav I of Kiev → relative → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Vladimir the Great → alsoKnownAs → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Vladimir
Vladimir the Great → alsoKnownAs → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir I of Kiev
Vladimir the Great → alsoKnownAs → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir the Baptizer
Vladimir the Great → alsoKnownAs → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vladimir the Fair Sun
Yaroslav the Wise → father → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Ruslan and Ludmila → hasCharacter → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Equal-to-the-Apostles → appliedToExamples → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Vladimir of Kiev
Rus' → ruler → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Order of St. Vladimir → namedAfter → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Vladimir
Order of St. Vladimir → namedAfter → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Prince of Novgorod → officeHolder → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Vladimir → namedAfter → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Viking → mainSubject → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
subject surface form: Viking (film)
Viking → portrays → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
subject surface form: Viking (film)
Viking → historicalFigureDepicted → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
subject surface form: Viking (film)
Grand Prince of Kiev → significantHolder → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Tale of Bygone Years → containsAccountOf → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Prince Vladimir the Great
Berestove, near Kiev → usedBy → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Church of the Tithes, Kiev → founder → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Church of the Tithes, Kiev → patron → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Church of the Tithes, Kiev → burialPlaceOf → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Church of the Tithes → foundedBy → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Church of the Tithes → burialPlaceOf → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Rogneda of Polotsk → spouse → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Anna Porphyrogenita → spouse → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Imperial University of Saint Vladimir → namedAfter → Vladimir the Great ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saint Vladimir