12. Sviatoslav II

The second of three Grand Princes of Kiev that ruled while Iziaslav was away. This time, it's his younger brother Sviatoslav. Will he live up to his ancestor's name? Or will he be cut to pieces by the Cuman onslaught?
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Песня защитников Москвы/⁠March of the Defenders of Moscow (Intro)
Хочу Перемень - Кино/I want Change by Kino (Outro)

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Izbornik Painting (Contemporary)
Ivan, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Izbornik Painting Full
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sviatoslav showing his wealth to the Germans
Радзивилловская летопись, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Map of Kievan Rus' (1054-1132)

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Bibliography

• History of Russia: Volume 2 - Kievan Russia by George Vernadsky
  
• A Cambridge History of Russia by Maureen Perrie
• The Russian Primary Chronicle
• The Novgorodian Chronicle
• Emergence of Rus, 750-1200 - Simon Franklin; Jonathan Shepard
• Medieval Russia 980—1584 - Janet Martin
• The Dynasty of Chernigoc 1054-1146 - Martin Dimnik