Facts: - issue: eustaphius - succession: prince of tmutarakan prince of chernigov - reign: 988 or after -- 1035 1024 -- 1035 - successor: united i -rrb- united with kievan rus ' -lrb- from 1054 with sviatoslav i -rrb- kievan rus ' -lrb- from 1054 sviatoslav - mother: rogneda of polotsk or a czech woman - predecessor: new -rrb- creation -lrb- ? -rrb- new creation -lrb- ? - death date: 1035 - house: rurik - father: vladimir the great - name: mstislav vladimirovich Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mstislav of chernigov .
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mstislav vladimirovich -lrb- ; ; -rrb- was the earliest attested prince of tmutarakan and chernigov in kievan rus ' .he was a younger son of vladimir the great , grand prince of kiev .his father appointed him to rule tmutarakan , an important fortress by the strait of kerch , in or after 988 .he invaded the core territories of kievan rus ' , which were ruled by his brother , yaroslav the wise , in 1024 .although mstislav could not take kiev , he forced the east slavic tribes dwelling to the east of the dniester river to accept his suzerainty .yaroslav the wise also accepted the division of kievan rus ' along the river after mstislav had defeated him in a battle fought at listven by chernigov -lrb- chernihiv , ukraine -rrb- .mstislav transferred his seat to the latter town , and became the first ruler of the principality emerging around it .