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Sviatopolk I of Kiev

978 - 1019

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Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich (also called Sviatopolk the Accursed or the Accursed Prince; Old East Slavic: Свѧтоплъкъ, romanized: Svętoplŭkŭ; c. 980 – 1019) was Prince of Turov from 988 to 1015 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 1015 to 1019. He earned his sobriquet after allegedly murdering his brothers during his bid to take the throne. His actual responsibility is disputed by historians. The Svyatopolk-Mirsky family of Rurikid origin attribute their descent from Sviatopolk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sviatopolk I of Kiev is the 2,545th most popular politician (down from 2,372nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 18th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Belarusian Politician.

Sviatopolk I of Kiev is most famous for his role in the murder of his brother, Yaroslav the Wise, and his family.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 2,545 out of 19,576Before him are Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Wen Jiabao, Soong Mei-ling, Himiko, and Tiglath-Pileser I. After him are François Ravaillac, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Arthur Balfour, Julius Martov, Abbas II of Persia, and Patrick Leahy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 978, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 4Before him are Zoë Porphyrogenita, Yaroslav the Wise, and Cunigunde of Luxembourg. After him is Ibn 'Abd al-Barr. Among people deceased in 1019, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 1After him are Frederick of Luxembourg, and Sergius II of Constantinople.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 14 out of 368Before him are Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), Chaim Soutine (1893), and Meyer Lansky (1902). After him are Olga Korbut (1955), Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), Zalman Shazar (1889), Yanka Kupala (1882), and Léon Bakst (1866).

Among POLITICIANS In Belarus

Among politicians born in Belarus, Sviatopolk I of Kiev ranks 8Before him are Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Menachem Begin (1913), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), and Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732). After him are Zalman Shazar (1889), Isser Harel (1912), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Mstislav I of Kiev (1076), Maria Kaczyńska (1942), and Marek Edelman (1922).