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Vladimir, returning to Kiev in triumph, orders …
Years: 989 - 989
Vladimir, returning to Kiev in triumph, orders the conversion of the Rus' to Constantinople’s form of Christianity in 989.
Requiring his subjects to undergo baptism, he destroys pagan monuments and initiates the establishment of many churches, starting in 989 with the splendid Church of the Tithes, designed by Greek architects as the first stone church in Kiev.
Originally named the "Church of Our Lady", in honor of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Vladimir has set aside a tithe of his income to finance the church construction, which gives the church its popular name.
Vladimir also founds monasteries on Mt.
Athos in Greece.
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Years: 989 - 989
Locations
People
Groups
- Polytheism (“paganism”)
- Jews
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Islam
- Volga Bulgaria, or Volga-Kama Bulgaria
- Khazar Khaganate
- Rus' people
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Macedonian dynasty
- Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions