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Vladimir Yaroslavich (1020 – October 4, 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod is the foremost historic Types of inhabited localities in Russia of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast....
 from 1036 until his death. He was the eldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I the Wise

Yaroslav I the Wise was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. During his lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached a zenith of its cultural flowering and military power....
 of Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
 by Ingigerd
Ingegerd Olofsdotter

Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev, the daughter of Sweden King Olof Sk?tkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites and wife of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev....
, daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
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In 1042, Vladimir may have been in conflict with Finns, according to some interpretations even making a military campaign in Finland.






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Vladimir Yaroslavich (1020 – October 4, 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod
Veliky Novgorod

Veliky Novgorod is the foremost historic Types of inhabited localities in Russia of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast....
 from 1036 until his death. He was the eldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise
Yaroslav I the Wise

Yaroslav I the Wise was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. During his lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached a zenith of its cultural flowering and military power....
 of Kiev
Kiev

Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
 by Ingigerd
Ingegerd Olofsdotter

Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev, the daughter of Sweden King Olof Sk?tkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites and wife of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev....
, daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
.

In 1042, Vladimir may have been in conflict with Finns, according to some interpretations even making a military campaign in Finland. In the next year he led the Russian armies against the Byzantine emperor
Rus'-Byzantine War (1043)

The final Rus'-Byzantine War was, in essence, an unsuccessful naval raid against Constantinople instigated by Yaroslav I of Kiev and led by his eldest son, Vladimir of Novgorod, in 1043....
 Constantine IX. He predeceased his father by two years and was buried by him in St Sophia Cathedral
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod

The Cathedral of St. Sophia in the Novgorod Kremlin in Veliky Novgorod is the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Novgorod and the mother church of the Novgorodian Eparchy....
 he had built in Novgorod. His sarcophagus is in a niche on the south side of the main body of the cathedral overlooking the Martirievskii Porch. He is depicted in an early twentieth century fresco above the sarcophagus and on a new ephigial icon on top of the sarcophagus. His younger brothers Izyaslav I, Svyatoslav II and Vsevolod I all reigned in Kiev.

Vladimir's only son, Rostislav Vladimirovich, was a landless prince who usurped power in Tmutarakan
Tmutarakan

Tmutarakan is an ancient city that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. It was situated on the Taman peninsula, in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia, roughly opposite Kerch....
. were dispossessed by their uncles but gradually managed to establish themselves in Halychina
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
, ruling the land until 1199, when their line went extinct. In order to downplay their claims to Kiev, the records of Vladimir's military campaigns seem to have been obliterated from Kievan chronicles. As a result, medieval historians often confuse him with two more famous namesakes — Vladimir the Great and Vladimir Monomakh.

Vladimir's memory was better preserved in foreign sources. In Norse saga
Norse saga

The sagas , are stories about ancient Scandinavia and Germanic tribes history, about early Viking voyages, about migration to Iceland, and of feuds between Icelandic families....
s he frequently figures as Valdemar Holti (that is, "the Nimble"). George Cedrenus noticed Vladimir's arrogance in dealing with the Byzantines.

Further reading

  • Volkoff, Vladimir. Vladimir, the Russian Viking. Overlook Press, 1985.