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Vladimir had been prince of Novgorod when his father Sviatoslav I died in 972. He was forced to flee to Scandinavia in 976 after his half-brother Yaropolk had murdered his other brother Oleg and taken control of Rus. In Scandinavia, with the help of his relative Earl Håkon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, Vladimir assembled a Viking army and reconquered Novgorod and Kiev from Yaropolk. As Prince of Kiev, Vladimir's most notable achievement was the Christianization of Kievan Rus', a process that began in 988. The Primary Chronicle states that when Vladimir had decided to accept a new faith instead of the traditional idol-worship (paganism) of the Slavs, he sent out some of his most valued advisors and warriors as emissaries to different parts of Europe. They visited the Christians of the Latin Rite, the Jews, and the Muslims before finally arriving in Constantinople. They rejected Islam because, among other things, it prohibited the consumption of alcohol, and Judaism because the god of the Jews had permitted his chosen people to be deprived of their country. They found the ceremonies in the Roman church to be dull. But at Constantinople, they were so astounded by the beauty of the cathedral of Hagia Sophia and the liturgical service held there that they made up their minds there and then about the faith they would like to follow. Upon their arrival home, they convinced Vladimir that the faith of the Byzantine Rite was the best choice of all, upon which Vladimir made a journey to Constantinople and arranged to marry Princess Anna, the sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II.

Question: Where did they look for a new religion?
Answer: different parts of Europe

Question: What specific practice did the emissaries of Vladimir find boring?
Answer: the Latin Rite

Question: Who was murdered?
Answer: his other brother Oleg

Question: What did Vladimir's advisors and warriors tell him when they came back?
Answer: faith of the Byzantine Rite was the best choice

Question: What Christian practice did the emissaries of Vladimir find interesting?
Answer: the Byzantine Rite

Question: Who rejected Judaism?
Answer: Christians of the Latin Rite, the Jews, and the Muslims before finally arriving in Constantinople. They rejected Islam because, among other things, it prohibited the consumption of alcohol, and Judaism because the god of the Jews had permitted his chosen people to be deprived of their country. They found the ceremonies in the Roman church to be dull. But at Constantinople, they were so astounded by the beauty of the cathedral of Hagia Sophia and the liturgical service held there that they made up their minds there and then about the faith they would like to follow. Upon their arrival home, they convinced Vladimir that the faith of the Byzantine Rite was the best choice of all, upon which Vladimir made a journey to Constantinople and arranged to marry Princess Anna, the sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II

Question: Who rejected Islam?
Answer: his most valued advisors and warriors as emissaries

Question: Who found the ceremonies in the Roman church dull?
Answer: his most valued advisors and warriors

Question: Prior to Christianization, Slavs followed what religious belief?
Answer: idol-worship

Question: Where did Vladimir source the army to take back Rus?
Answer: Norway

Question: Where did Vladimir marry?
Answer: Constantinople

Question: Who was a full blood sibling to Oleg?
Answer: Vladimir

Question: What practice inspired the emissaries of Vladimir across their visits to different parts of Europe?
Answer: the Byzantine Rite

Question: What did Vladimir do to reconquer what was rightfully his?
Answer: assembled a Viking army

Question: What was the Christianization of Kievan Rus'?
Answer: Vladimir's most notable achievement

Question: What cemented Christianity as the faith they would follow?
Answer: the beauty of the cathedral of Hagia Sophia and the liturgical service held there

Question: What did the advisors and warriors do in Europe?
Answer: visited the Christians of the Latin Rite, the Jews, and the Muslims before finally arriving in Constantinople