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Also known as Volodymyr Sviatoslavych, Volodymyr the Great, Vladimir Svyatoslavich, Valdamar, Volodimer, Volodymyr of Kyiv

Grand Prince of Kiev

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Instance of
human
Given name
Vladimir
Gender
male
Citizenship
Kievan Rus'
Place of death
Berestove
Occupation
monarch
Languages spoken
Old East Slavic
Religion
Christianity
Family
Rurikids
Noble title
knyaz
Image
Vladimir I of Kiev.PNG
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Commons category
Vladimir I, Grand Prince of Kyiv
date of death
1015-07-15
date of birth
0956-00-00
place of burial
Church of the Tithes
canonization status
equal-to-apostles
topic's main category
Category:Vladimir the Great
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name in native language
Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь
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DynastyRurik FatherSviatoslav I of Kiev MotherMalusha ReligionChalcedonian Christianity (from 988) prev. Slavic pagan

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church both canonised him as Saint Vladimir.

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