page_title: Vsevolod I of Kiev
section_title: Reign
hierarchical_section_title: Vsevolod I of Kiev / Reign
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Владимир Мономах на Памятнике "1000-летие России" в Великом Новгороде English: Vladimir II Monomakh on the Monument «Millennium of Russia» in Veliky Novgorod
context_page_description: Vsevolod I Yaroslavich, ruled as Grand Prince of Kiev from 1078 until his death.
context_section_description: After Iziaslav's death, Vsevolod, as their father's only surviving son, took the Kievan throne, thus uniting the three core principalities—Kiev, Chernigov and Pereyaslavl—in Kievan Rus'. He appointed his eldest son, Vladimir Monomach to administer Chernigov.
  The Russian Primary Chronicle writes that the "people no longer had access to the Prince's justice, judges became corrupt and venal", Vsevolod followed his young councilors' advice instead of that of his old retainers in his last years.
  Vsevolod spoke five foreign languages, according to Vladimir Monomach's Autobiography. Historian George Vernadsky believes that these probably included Greek and Cuman, because of the nationality of his two wives, and that he likely spoke Latin, Norse, and Ossetian. He lost most of his battles; his eldest son, Vladimir Monomakh, a grand and famous warrior, did most of the fighting for his father. The last years of his reign were clouded by grave illness, and Vladimir Monomakh presided over the government.
caption: Vladimir Monomakh, Vsevolod's son
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