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War-Death of Sviatoslav (Rus'–Byzantine)
Fearing that the peace with Sviatoslav would not endure, the Byzantine emperor induced the Pecheneg khan Kurya to kill Sviatoslav before he reached Kiev. This was in line with the policy outlined by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus in De Administrando Imperio of fomenting strife between the Rus' and the Pechenegs. According to the Slavic chronicle, Sveneld attempted to warn Sviatoslav to avoid the Dnieper rapids, but the prince slighted his wise advice and was ambushed and slain by the Pechenegs when he tried to cross the cataracts near Khortitsa early in 972. The Primary Chronicle reports that his skull was made into a chalice by the Pecheneg khan.
| Date | 972 |
| File name | War-Death of Sviatoslav (Rus'–Byzantine).jpg |
| File Size | 57.92k |
| Dimensions | 343 x 390 |
| Linked to | Sviatoslav of Kiev, I; Sviatoslav of Kiev, I (Death) |
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