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Rostislav Vladimirovich

Type Figure Region Kievan Rus' Time c. 1070–1093 Also known as Rostislav Vladimirovich、Rostislav of Polotsk

Eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh, born around the 1070s, granted Pereyaslavl then transferred to Polotsk;…

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  1. 1070–1079Pereyaslavl · Kievan Rus'Rostislav was the eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh, granted Pereyaslavl in childhood, growing up during his father's eastern campaigns against the Polovtsy and receiving military and administrative training.
  2. 1079–1093Polotsk · PolotskTransferred to Polotsk around 1079, he governed the northern stronghold in the 1080s, consolidating the Monomakh family's influence in the Western Dvina basin; in 1093 he answered the call to join the eastern campaign against the Polovtsy and was killed near Pereyaslavl.

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