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956-1015. Russian saint, prince of Novgorod,
and grand duke of Kiev. Converted to
Christianity 988, he married Anna, Christian
sister of the Byzantine emperor Basil II, and
established the Byzantine rite of Orthodox
Christianity as the Russian national faith.
Feast day 15 Jul.