5: Vikings, Slavers, Lawgivers: The Kyiv State
The Making of Modern Ukraine
Svyatoslav and the Slavic Mythology
Olha, who rules from 945 to 962, does convert but her kids don't convert and her grandchildren don't convert. She converts to Eastern Christianity, but then she asks for some German missionaries to come a couple of years later. Her son, Svyatoslav, which is a great name, still born by many lovable people, Svy atoslav rules from now on the day. He's a pagan. His kid is a pagan. So that leaves us open. There's then a very complicated succession struggle, at the end of which the person who comes to power is Volodemir, whom we know as Volodemirs.
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