According to legend, a gate in this city gave a notch to the sword Szczerbiec when struck by the Polish king Boleslaw the Brave.
According to legend, a gate in this city gave a notch to the sword Szczerbiec when struck by the Polish king Boleslaw the Brave. The Church of the Tithes replaced a pagan temple in this city after a mass conversion, according to a history attributed to the monk Nestor, the Primary Chronicle. A ruler from here married the Byzantine princess Anna Porphyrogeneta before a succession crisis between the brothers Sviatopolk the Accursed and (*) Yaroslav the Wise. A ruler originally from Novgorod, Oleg, began a Rurikid line here which included Vladimir the Great. More recently, this city was the site of the anti-Jewish Babi Yar massacre. For 10 points, name this city which once ran a pre-Russian "Rus" state, the center of the 2004 Orange Revolution.
According to legend, a gate in this city gave a notch to the sword Szczerbiec when struck by the Polish king Boleslaw the Brave.
Kiev [or Kievan Rus]