Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty.

Vladimir, born in 958, was the natural son and youngest son of Sviatoslav I of Kiev by his housekeeper Malusha.

Sviatoslav I Igorevich ( Old East Slavic: С ~ тославъ / Свѧтославъ Игорєвичь, Sventoslavŭ / Svantoslavŭ Igorevičǐ ;, Sviatoslav Igorevich ;, Sviatoslav Ihorovych ;, Svetoslav,, Sphendosthlabos ) ( c. 942 – March 972 ), also spelled Svyatoslav, was a prince of Rus.

The son of Igor of Kiev and Olga, Sviatoslav is famous for his incessant campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe — Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire ; he also conquered numerous East Slavic tribes, defeated the Alans and the Volga Bulgars, and at times was allied with the Pechenegs and Magyars.

Some scholars speculate that the name of Sviatoslav, composed of the Slavic roots for " holy " and " glory ", was an artificial derivation combining those of his predecessors Oleg and Rurik ( they mean " holy " and " glorious " in Old Norse, respectively ).

Following Deacon's memories, Sviatoslav was a blue-eyed male of average height but of stalwart build, much more sturdy than Tzimiskes.

Sviatoslav I of Kiev ( who reigned in the 960s ) was the first Rus ruler with a Slavonic name.

Boris was allowed back to Bulgaria to take his fathers throne, restore order and oppose Sviatoslav, but had little success.

There was a strong connection with Russian music: Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter became frequent visitors, and in 1970 Shostakovich ’ s 14th Symphony-dedicated to Britten-had its first performance outside the USSR at the Concert Hall.

From 1977 until 1994, he was musical director and conductor of the U. S. National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, while still performing with some of the most famous musicians such as Martha Argerich, Sviatoslav Richter, Daniel Shidarov and Vladimir Horowitz.

Sviatopolk's mother was a Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I in Bulgaria and married to his lawful heir Yaropolk I.

For some time Gomel was captured by Smolensk prince Rostislav Mstislavich but then was re-captured by Iziaslav III Davidovich after whose death it belonged to Sviatoslav Olgovich and then to Sviatoslav's son Oleg.

After the overthrow of the Khazarian kingdom by Sviatoslav I of Kiev ( 969 ), Khazar Jews may have fled in large numbers to the Crimea, the Caucasus, and the Russian principality of Kiev which was formerly a part of the Khazar territory.

2004, October 25 – Banner of Peace from the board of cosmic station “ Mir ” was presented to Speaker of Indian Parliament Sri Somnath Chatterji on the occasion of 100th Sviatoslav Roerich ’ s Anniversary.

In 968, Bulgaria was invaded from the north by the Kievan Prince Sviatoslav.

Casimir was supported in his rebellion by his elder brother Duke Mieszko III the Old of Greater Poland, the magnate Jaksa of Miechów and Sviatoslav, son of Voivode Piotr Włostowic, as well as the Archbishops of Gniezno and Kraków ; also, almost all Leeser Polish nobility was on his side.

At the same time, Sviatoslav Prokofiev noted the typical logic of the Soviet functionary: sometimes Khrennikov could help if it was not dangerous for his own position and career.

According to a legend, this church was founded by the Chernihiv Prince Sviatoslav.

The tryzub was stamped on the gold and silver coins issued by Prince Vladimir the Great ( 980 – 1015 ), might have inherited the symbol from his ancestors ( such as Sviatoslav I Igorevich ) as a dynastic coat of arms and passed it on to his sons, Sviatopolk I ( 1015 – 19 ) and Yaroslav the Wise ( 1019 – 54 ).

Sviatoslav Iaroslavich ( 1027 – December 27, 1076, Kiev ) was the Prince ( Kniaz ) of Chernihiv from 1054 to 1073 and Grand Prince ( Veliki Kniaz ) of Kiev from 1073 until his death.

Together with his elder brothers Iziaslav and Sviatoslav he formed a sort of princely triumvirate which jointly waged war on the steppe nomads, polovtsy, and compiled the first East Slavic law code.

The first reference to Moscow dates from 1147 as a meeting place of Yuri Dolgorukiy and Sviatoslav Olgovich.

According to Prokofiev's first son, Sviatoslav, the Composers ' Union officially refused Lina Prokofieva permission to go to Paris, after she had been personally invited by the French culture minister to the opening of Prokofiev's memorial board.

In Bulgaria Roman probably shared his brother's destiny, becoming first a pawn in the hands of Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev and then in those of the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimiskes.

* Sviatoslav II begins his reign as ruler of Kievan Rus.

Transferring his capital to Pereyaslavets in 969, Sviatoslav designated Vladimir ruler of Novgorod the Great but gave Kiev to his legitimate son Yaropolk.

He contended with a senior relative, Sviatoslav Vsevolodivich, for over two years before Sviatoslav eventually won power for himself and became the uncontested ruler of Kiev.

In 967 the Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Phocas sent to the Rus ruler Sviatoslav I of Kiev his agent, with the task of talking Sviatoslav into assisting him in a war against the First Bulgarian Empire.

In the Battle of Silistra, which occurred in the spring of 968 Sviatoslav defeated the Bulgarian ruler Peter I of Bulgaria and proceeded to occupy the whole of northern Bulgaria.

As the destruction of the Khazar empire by Sviatoslav I of Kiev occurred soon after his correspondence with Hasdai ( in 967 or 969 ), it is possible that Joseph was ruler during the Khaganate's collapse.

Sarkel's fortress and city were captured by Kievan Rus ' under prince Sviatoslav I in 965.

During these years the Byzantines and Bulgarians had entangled themselves in a war with Kievan Rus prince Sviatoslav, who invaded Bulgaria several times.

Both cities were destroyed by Kievan Rus ' prince Sviatoslav in 960-s, leading to a decline and disappearance of Khazaria.

* Basileus John Tzimisces defeats Sviatoslav I of Kiev in the Fifth Rus '- Byzantine War ( see Battle of Dorostolon ).

Leo the Deacon describes prisoner sacrifice by the Rus lead by Sviatoslav during the Russo-Byzantine War " in accordance with their ancestral custom.

All the senior Rus ' princes, including Yaroslav II of Vladimir, Danylo of Halych, and Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, acknowledged Batu's supremacy.

Upon his father's death in 1054, Sviatoslav joined his brothers Vsevolod and Iziaslav in forming a kind of a princely triumvirate that oversaw the affairs of Kievan Rus ' until 1072.

His successor Boris II was unable to stem the Rus advance, and found himself forced to accept Sviatoslav I of Kiev as his ally and puppet-master.

Nevertheless, the possible Khazar connection to early Rus ' monarchs is supported by the use of a stylized trident tamga, or seal, by later Rus ' rulers such as Sviatoslav I of Kiev ; similar tamgas are found in ruins that are definitively Khazar in origin.

* Sviatoslav I of Kyiv ( c. 942 – 972 ), emperor of Rus

Sviatoslav's appearance has been described very clearly by Leo the Deacon, who himself attended the meeting of Sviatoslav with John I Tzimiskes.

Inside the clock live two mechanical bats, Dmitri and Sviatoslav, who punctuate each episode by coming out and delivering stale jokes to each other.

Godowsky's pupils included Paul Wells, Apolinary Szeluto, Jan Smeterlin, Issay Dobrowen and most importantly, Heinrich Neuhaus, who taught Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, and Radu Lupu, among others.

# Anna ( died 1136 ), married to Sviatoslav Davydych from Chernihiv who turned into a monk upon her death.

In 1108, Sviatoslav married a Cuman princess, daughter of Aepa Khan, who gave him a daughter and a son, Oleg.

He was the third son of Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich ( who later became the grand prince of Kiev ) by his wife, Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk.

Prokofiev dedicated it to Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it on February 18, 1952 with Sviatoslav Richter conducting ( the only instance of Richter conducting ).

Some of those who have appeared at the festival include Sviatoslav Richter, Lorin Maazel, Herbert von Karajan, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julian Lloyd Webber, Boris Pergamenschikow, Lucia Popp, Kim Borg, Sir Colin Davis, Maurice André, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Leonid Kogan, Paul Klecki, Gustav Leonhardt, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Alfred Brendel, Heinrich Schiff, Leopold Stokowski, Arthur Honegger, Arthur Rubinstein and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

Other pianists who championed Medtner's work and left behind recordings include Benno Moiseiwitsch, Sviatoslav Richter, Edna Iles, Emil Gilels, Yevgeny Svetlanov and Earl Wild.

This arrangement was intended to put an end to the conflict between Bulgaria and Byzantium, who would now join forces against Prince Sviatoslav I of Kiev, whom the Byzantine emperor had pitted against the Bulgarians.

Boris II now became a captive of John I Tzimiskes, who continued to pursue the Kievan Army, besieging Sviatoslav in Drăstăr ( Silistra ), while claiming to act as Boris ' ally and protector, and treating the Bulgarian monarch with due respect.

* The opening bars of the concerto were played in a Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch in which a pianist ( who is said to be Sviatoslav Richter ) struggles, like Harry Houdini, to escape from a locked bag and other restraints, but is nevertheless able to pound away at the keyboard.

Among the world-class stars who have performed here are Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sviatoslav Richter, Wilhelm Kempff, Maurizio Pollini, Yehudi Menuhin, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Martha Argerich, Uto Ughi, Mozarteum Camerata, Ivo Pogorelić, Andras Schiff, Luciano Berio, F. P. Zimmermann, François Thiollier, Paul Badura-Skoda, the King's Singers, Rudolf Buchbinder, Cyprien Katsaris, Joseph Silverstein, Pietro De Maria, Viktoria Mullova, Ulf Hoelscher, David Geringas, Arnulf von Arnim, Timothy Park, Monika Leskovar, Boris Andrianov, Salvatore Accardo, Fazil Say and Hyun-Sun Kim.