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    Askold and Dir (Haskuldr or Hǫskuldr and Dyr or Djur in Old Norse; died in 882), mentioned in both the Primary Chronicle, the Novgorod First Chronicle...
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    also set up a garrison. He then came to the hills of Kiev, and saw how Askold and Dir reigned there. He hid his warriors in the boats, left some others behind...
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    Oleg the Wise (redirect from Oleh I)
    of Smolensk, and then seized power in Kiev by tricking and slaying Askold and Dir, and setting himself up as prince in Kiev, which is commonly taken as...
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    Primary Chronicle. The authors of the chronicle appended the names of Askold and Dir to the account as they believed that these two Varangians had presided...
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  • reside in Kiev than with any founder of a dynasty'. Kiev was captured by Askold and Dir, whose existence is also debatable, and are called "boyars" who "did...
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    lands into his own territory, extending his rule in northern Russia. Askold and Dir, followers of Rurik who were sent to Constantinople, seized Kiev before...
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    killed Askold and Dir. Olga of Kiev built two churches at the place of their burial. The memorial on the bank of Dnieper River named “Askold’s Grave”...
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  • Maloney as Vigrid, Ivar's travel companion (part 1) Blake Kubena as Prince Askold of Novgorod, Oleg's brother Sandy Kennedy as Sylvi, a former shield-maiden...
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    Saint Nicholas at the Askold's Grave. It is believed that around here were killed one of the legendary princes of Kyiv Askold and Dir. 50°26′25″N 30°33′3″E...
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    requesting a meeting. He then ambushed Askold and Dir, saying: "You are not princes nor even of princely stock, but I am of princely birth." Igor' was then...
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    progenitor of the Rurik dynasty. A short time later, two of Rurik's men, Askold and Dir, asked him for permission to go to Tsargrad (Constantinople). On their...
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    does mention a meeting between local residents with the newly arrived Askold and Dir who asked them whose city Kjiv was, and received the answer that the...
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  • as regent. Igor fears Oleg, and is keen to escape to Oleg's brothers Dir and Askold. However, he is aware that he can use Oleg as a puppet, just as Oleg...
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    the Hypatian Codex of c. 1425 began its list of knyazi of Kiev with "Dir and Askold", then "Oleg", then "Igor", up to 1240, and does not mention Rurik anywhere...
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    their brothers, the Danes, he incarcerated them. In 860, the Rus' under Askold and Dir launched their first attack on Constantinople from Kiev. The result...
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    of a "Rurik"; instead, the list starts with "Dinar and Askold", better known as Askold and Dir, very similar to the Hypatian Codex's beginning. Unlike...
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    Scandinavia. In 882, the pagan Prince Oleg (Oleh) conquered Kyiv from Askold and Dir and proclaimed it as the new capital of the Rus'. Anti-Normanist historians...
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    Chronicle mentions them in the year 883, mentioning their fight against Askold and Dir. A number of manuscripts mention in the year 885 that they fought with...
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    merchants Askold and Dir (in the chronicle they are called "boyars", probably because of their noble class). The names Askold (Old Norse: Haskuldr) and Dir (Old...
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    princesses such as Askold and Dir and Olga of Kiev reportedly converted to Christianity, but Oleg the Wise, Igor of Kiev and Sviatoslav I remained pagans...
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    the city by a new principality set up a few years earlier at Kiev by Askold and Dir, two Varangian chiefs: Two hundred small vessels passed through the...
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    (...) With Oleh's invasion of Kiev and the assassination of Askol'd and Dir in 882, the consolidation of the East Slavic and Finnic tribes under the...
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  • information on the early history of the area, says that Slavic Kyivans told Askold and Dir that they had no local ruler and paid tribute to the Khazars - an event...
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    states that at some point during the late 9th or early 10th century Askold and Dir, who may have been of Viking or Varangian descent, ruled in Kyiv. They...
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    of Novgorod wrested control of the city from the Varangian warlords Askold and Dir, and embarked on what was to prove to be the foundation of a Rus' empire...
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  • Gumilev, advanced Kiev as the residence of the khagan, assuming that Askold and Dir were the only khagans recorded by name. Mikhail Artamonov became an...
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    1425), wherein the list of knyazi ("princes") of Kiev starts with "Dir and Askold", followed by "Oleg", and then "Igor", and does not mention "Rurik"...
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    1932–1933 Terror-Famine in Soviet Ukraine (2002) excerpt and text search Askold Krushelnycky. An Orange Revolution: A Personal Journey Through Ukrainian...
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    was first attested two decades earlier, when the Varangian chieftains Askold and Dir, while on their way to Kiev, decided against challenging Smolensk on...
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    Oleg of Novgorod would establish when he conquered Kiev and deposed Askold and Dir. This new political entity, called Kievan Rus', was ruled by the Varangian...
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