Vladimir the Great

E73073

Christian convert grand prince historical figure member of the Rurik dynasty monarch of Kievan Rus' ruler saint

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Vladimir the Great canonical	25
Saint Vladimir	3
Prince Vladimir the Great	1
Saint Vladimir of Kiev	1
Vladimir I of Kiev	1
Vladimir the Baptizer	1
Vladimir the Fair Sun	1

Statements (58)

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

Referenced by (33)

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 ⓘ

Christianization of Kievan Rus' → significantFigure → 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