9. Yaroslav the Wise

After the reign of Sviatopolk the Accursed, we finally enter that of Yaroslav the Wise. However, Yaroslav has quite a few brothers left to deal with. Will his wisdom ensure he keeps the throne of Kyiv?
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Yaroslav and Ingegerd
Транковский, Алексей Иванович, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Yaroslav Sarcophagus
Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Sophia Cathedral(Today)
Rbrechko, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Saint Sophia Cathedral (Old)
NBU Русский:  Национальный банк Украины, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Portrait of the daughters
English:  Unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Contemporary Yaroslav
See page for author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Yaroslav the Wise on the Granovitaya Palata
Public Domain

Печать князя Ярослава Владимировича
See page for author, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Model of original Saint Sophia's
Качанов Сергій, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

The end of yaroslav
Boris Chorikov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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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
  
• Emergence of Rus, 750-1200 - Simon Franklin; Jonathan Shepard
• Medieval Russia 980—1584 - Janet Martin