Burials in Ukraine - Burials at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, Burials at St. George's Cathedral, LVIV, Burials at the Near Caves (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Burials at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, Burials at St. George's Cathedral, Lviv, Burials at the Near Caves, Kiev Pechersk Lavra (Kiev), Yaroslav I the Wise, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Josyf Slipyj, Anthony of Kiev, Vladimir Ii Monomakh, Andrey Sheptytsky, Ilya Muromets, Nestor the Chronicler, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Volodymyr Sterniuk, Patriarch Volodomyr, Viacheslav I of Kiev, Alipy of the Caves, Saint Kuksha of the Kiev Caves, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Gytha of Wessex, Agapetus of the Kiev Caves, Barlaam of Kiev. Excerpt: Yaroslav I the Wise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coins of Yaroslav and his descendants represent the trident. Forensic facial reconstructionThe early years of Yaroslav's life are shrouded in mystery. He was one of the numerous sons of Vladimir the Great, presumably his second by Rogneda of Polotsk, although his actual age (as stated in the Primary Chronicle and corroborated by the examination of his skeleton in the 1930s) would place him among the youngest children of Volodymyr. It has been suggested that he was a child begotten out of wedlock after Volodymyr's divorce from Rogneda and marriage to Anna Porphyrogeneta, or even that he was a child of Anna Porphyrogeneta herself. Yaroslav figures prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name of Jarisleif the Lame; his legendary lameness (probably resulting from an arrow wound) was corroborated by the scientists who examined his remains. In his youth, Yaroslav was sent by his father to rule the northern lands around Rostov but was transferred to Novgorod, as befitted a senior heir to the throne, in 1010. While living there, he founded the town of Yaroslavl (literally, "Yaroslav's") on the Volga. His relations with father were apparently strained, and grew only worse o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42213