Christianization of Kievan Rus'

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The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was the late 10th-century adoption of Eastern Orthodox Christianity by the medieval East Slavic state of Kievan Rus', traditionally associated with the baptism of Prince Vladimir the Great and his subjects.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christianization ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
religious conversion ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup East Slavs ⓘ
appliesToTerritory Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
commemoratedBy Belarusian Orthodox communities ⓘ
surface form: Belarusian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
Ukrainian Orthodox Church ⓘ
commemoratedOn 28 July (Orthodox Church, feast of St Vladimir) ⓘ
describedIn History of the Wars by Procopius ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine chronicles

Rus' chronicles ⓘ
surface form: Primary Chronicle
endTime late 10th century ⓘ
follows Christianization of Bulgaria ⓘ
Christianization of the Franks ⓘ
hasCause Christianization of Kievan Rus' self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: baptism of Vladimir the Great
hasEffect adoption of Christianity as state religion in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
construction of Christian churches in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
decline of Slavic paganism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
development of Old East Slavic Christian literature ⓘ
formation of the Russian Orthodox Church tradition ⓘ
foundation of the Kievan metropolitanate ⓘ
integration of Kievan Rus' into Christian Europe ⓘ
introduction of Byzantine law and customs ⓘ
rise of monasticism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
spread of Eastern Orthodoxy among East Slavs ⓘ
strengthening of ties with the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
hasPart construction of the first stone churches in Kyiv ⓘ
establishment of church hierarchy in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
mass baptisms of the population ⓘ
missionary activity from Byzantium ⓘ
royal conversion of Vladimir the Great ⓘ
location Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Chersonesus Taurica

Dnieper ⓘ
surface form: Dnieper River

Kyiv ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ
territories of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
mainCountry Kyivan Rus ⓘ
surface form: Kievan Rus'
pointInTime 988 ⓘ
precededBy Slavic paganism in Kievan Rus' ⓘ
religion Byzantine Rite ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Rite Christianity

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent baptism of Vladimir the Great in Chersonesus ⓘ
destruction of pagan idols in Kyiv ⓘ
establishment of the metropolitan see in Kyiv ⓘ
mass baptism in Kyiv ⓘ
significantFigure Anna Porphyrogenita ⓘ
Basil II ⓘ
surface form: Byzantine Emperor Basil II

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch of Constantinople

Vladimir the Great ⓘ
startTime circa 980s ⓘ
tradition Eastern Orthodox tradition ⓘ

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

Christianization of Europe → hasPart → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Kyivan Rus → significantEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of Rus
East Slavs → christianization → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Rus' chronicles → mainTheme → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of Rus'
Vladimir the Great → notableFor → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Vladimir the Great → symbolOf → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of Eastern Slavs
Christianization of Kievan Rus' → hasCause → Christianization of Kievan Rus' self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: baptism of Vladimir the Great
Christianization of Bulgaria → relatedTo → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' → associatedWithEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Rus' → event → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of Rus'
Middle Byzantine period → hasEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
History of the Russian State by Nikolai Karamzin → coversTopic → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
subject surface form: History of the Russian State
this entity surface form: Christianization of Rus
Viking → mainSubject → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
subject surface form: Viking (film)
Viking → narrativeFocus → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
subject surface form: Viking (film)
Grand Prince of Kiev → notableEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Tale of Bygone Years → mainSubject → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Hypatian Chronicle → describesEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Christianization of Lithuania → precededBy → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Berestove, near Kiev → associatedWith → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Church of the Tithes → partOf → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Principality of Kiev → significantEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Anna Porphyrogenita → eventAssociatedWith → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Anna Porphyrogenita → eventAssociatedWith → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baptism of Vladimir the Great
Olga Prekrasa → influenced → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
subject surface form: Olga of Kiev
Prince of Volhynia → significantEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Gleb of Kiev → associatedWith → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' → influenced → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of East Slavs
Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus' → linkedToEvent → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Christianization of the Slavs → resultedIn → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
Christianization of the Slavs → resultedIn → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of the Rus'
Christianization of the Slavs → resultedIn → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christianization of the East Slavs
Christianization of the Slavs → associatedWith → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baptism of Kievan Rus'
Viktor Vasnetsov → notableWork → Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Baptism of Rus'