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...

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...

(original) The Opera Askold's grave composed by Russian composer Alexey Verstovsky and premiered in 1835, tells the story of how Askold and Dir happen to be buried...

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...

from the Rus war-lords Askold and Dir, before moving his capital there. Ken Vedsegaard as Oleg of Novgorod Peter Gantzler as Askold Erik Holmey as Rurik...

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...

where the martyrs for the faith Askold and Dir are buried. In 2016-2017, a bell tower was built on the territory of Askold's Grave at the expense of the parish...

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...

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 / 50.44028°N...

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...

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...

peoples;[non-primary source needed] the calling of the Varangians; the murder of Askold and Dir, by which Oleg the Wise conquered Kiev; the death of Oleg in 912, the...

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...

for Kyiv. Some of the earliest Kievan princes and princesses such as Askold and Dir and Olga of Kiev reportedly converted to Christianity, but Oleg the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

after Ruthenia to honor Russia. Ruthenia and Kievan domains during Askold and Dir and Oleg the Wise (862–912) Principalities of Kievan Rus' (1054–1132)...

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...

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...

Constantinople has undertaken Rus' people under the command of Kiev princes Askold and Dir. On two hundred rooks they have reached the capital of Byzantium called...

"Slovensk" (Pskov Third Chronicle), respectively. Two of Rurik's kinsmen, Askold and Dir, travelled to the south, which had been previously dominated by the...

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...

mentions the names of the leaders of the raid on Constantinople — Askold and Dir — and calls them retainers of the Scandinavian Rurik dynasty. According...

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...

was first attested two decades earlier, when the Varangian chieftains Askold and Dir, while on their way to Kiev, decided against challenging Smolensk on...

(2003). Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E. Society of Biblical Literature. ISBN 9781589830554. History on Film—A historian...

Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4. Morby, John E. (2002). Dynasties of the world:...

founder of Kiev, a Slavic prince of Kuyavia, most likely eastern Polans Askold and Dir (Old Norse: Høskuldr and Dýri) ? – 882 c. 842 882 Probably of Swedish...