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Yaropolk I of Kiev

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Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich (also translitered as Iaropolk Svyatoslavich; Old East Slavic: Ꙗрополкъ Свѧтославичъ; 952 – 11 June 978) was Prince of Kiev from 972 to 978. He was the oldest son of Sviatoslav I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaropolk I of Kiev has received more than 305,137 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Yaropolk I of Kiev is the 3,949th most popular politician (down from 2,192nd in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 77th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

Yaropolk I of Kiev is most famous for his military campaigns against the Khazars and the Poles. Yaropolk's campaign against the Khazars is known to have been successful, but his campaign against the Poles is less well-known.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yaropolk I of Kiev ranks 3,949 out of 19,576. Before him are Labashi-Marduk, Anthony of Saxony, Phraortes, Chadli Bendjedid, Janez Drnovšek, and Sweyn III of Denmark. After him are Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Emperor Duzong, Venustiano Carranza, Ranavalona I, Senakhtenre Ahmose, and Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 955, Yaropolk I of Kiev ranks 5. Before him are Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, Adalbert of Prague, Gyeongjong of Goryeo, and Al-Aziz Billah. After him are Arduin of Ivrea, Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Lutgardis of Luxemburg, and Ælfric of Eynsham. Among people deceased in 980, Yaropolk I of Kiev ranks 1. After him are Widukind of Corvey, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, Thorvald Asvaldsson, Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi, and Herbert III of Omois.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Yaropolk I of Kiev ranks 140 out of 1,365. Before him are Mikhail Kirponos (1892), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Jacob Frank (1726), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), and Vladimir Ivashko (1932). After him are Nikolay Nekrasov (1821), Shvarn (1230), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842), and Isaac Stern (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Yaropolk I of Kiev ranks 47. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Sviatopolk II of Kiev (1050), Anastasia of Kiev (1023), Sviatoslav II of Kiev (1027), Stanisław Żółkiewski (1547), and Vladimir Ivashko (1932). After him are Shvarn (1230), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Jeremi Wiśniowiecki (1612), and Ewelina Hańska (1805).

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