Person
Igor of Kiev
Prince of Kyiv from 912, by chronicle tradition Rurik’s son; he led the campaigns of 941 and 944 against Byzantium, concluded the treaty of 944 and was killed by the Drevlians in 945.
- Dates
- … – 945
- Events
- 5 events
- Regions
- Eastern Europe, Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.)
Events
- Oleg takes Kyiv882 · Eastern Europe
- The Pechenegs first come to the Rus’ land915 · Eastern Europe
- Igor’s campaigns against Byzantium11 June 941 – 944 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 944between 944 and 945 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Drevlian uprising and death of Igor945 · Eastern Europe
Often together with
Kievan Rus’Byzantine EmpirePechenegsAskold and DirDrevliansEast SlavsOleg of NovgorodOlga of KievSviatoslav IVarangians