Vladimir II Monomakh
Overview
- For the cruiser see Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir MonomakhRussian armoured cruiser Vladimir MonomakhVladimir Monomakh was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1880s. The vessel was named after Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev. She spent most of her career in the Far East, although the ship was in the Baltic Sea when the Russo-Japanese War began in 1904...
, for the submarine see RFS Vladimir MonomakhRFS Vladimir MonomakhThe RFS Vladimir Monomakh is a Russian submarine of the fourth generation Borei class currently under construction. It is named after Vladimir Monomakh , the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus'....
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Basil (name)
The name Basil , , has origins from the male Greek name Vassilios which first appeared during the Hellenistic period. It is derived from "basileus" a Greek word of pre-Hellenic origin meaning "king", from which words such as basilica and basilisk , as well as the eponymous herb derive, and the...
) (1053 – May 19, 1125) was a Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus'
Kievan Rus was a medieval polity in Eastern Europe, from the late 9th to the mid 13th century, when it disintegrated under the pressure of the Mongol invasion of 1237–1240....
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He was the son of Vsevolod I (married in 1046) and Anastasia of Byzantium (d.
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