General Notes

REFN: 6001AN
Svyatoslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev
Born circa 942
Acceded in 945
Died in 972 , ambushed and killed.
Svyatoslav was only about three years old when his fath er Igor was
murdered in 945, hence his mother St. Olga acted as Regent of Kie v until
964. Olga's first official act was to wreak vengeance on the Drevlane s
who had murdered her husband by besieging and burning their town of
Koros ten. In 957 Olga went with a large retinue to Constantinople,
accepted Christ ianity, and received baptism.
In 964, Svyatoslav took over the government, alt hough his mother
continued to administer home affairs until her death in 970. Svyatoslav
led Kievan Rus's military conquest of the Bulgars, responding t o attacks
by the Khazar tribe.  He in turn was ambushed and killed by Byzanti nes
from Pecheneg in the south, who, according to legend, converted
Svyatos lav's skull into a drinking vessel.
Svyatoslav married Malousha and they had a son: