Ostromir
Sign in to saveOstromir (; Christian name: Joseph; died ) was the posadnik of Novgorod from 1054 to 1057.
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Father
- Konstantin Dobrynich
- Occupation
- politician
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- date of death
- 1057-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Ostromir (; Christian name: Joseph; died ) was the posadnik of Novgorod from 1054 to 1057.
Ostromir is known from the first Russian dated book, the Ostromir Gospels (or Ostromir Codex), which he commissioned from his scribe Gregory. The chronicles record that Ostromir was the father of Vyshata and the grandfather of Yan Vyshatich. The Ostromir Gospels names his wife as Theophana, viewed by Andrzej Poppe as a daughter of Anna Porphyrogeneta and Vladimir the Great. Another popular speculation posits Konstantin Dobrynich as the father of Ostromir.
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