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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Battle of Lechfeld, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, Battle of Maldon, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Battle of Brunanburh, Byzantine-Arab Wars, Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria, History of Islam in southern Italy, Battle of the Gates of Trajan, Emirate of Sicily, Bulgarian-Serbian Wars, Battle of Glenmama, Battle of Achelous, Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria, Battle of Cedynia, Swedish-Novgorodian Wars, Later Three Kingdoms, Battle of Confey, Battle of Cathair Cuan, Battle of Spercheios, Rus'-Byzantine War, Croatian-Bulgarian battle of 927, Battle of Fyrisvellir, Taira no Masakado, Battle of Hjorungavagr, Battle of Pressburg, Battle of Stilo, Battle of Recknitz, Battle of Tettenhall, AEthelwold's Revolt, Battle of Andernach, Battle of Garigliano, Battle of Fitjar, Battle of Tourtour, Battle of Sulcoit, Battle of Thessalonica, Sack of Thessalonica, Battle of Belach Lechta, Battle of Lang-shan Jiang, Battle of Pegae, Battle of Rastarkalv, Battle of Katasyrtai, Battle of Simancas, Battle of the Orontes, Battle of Bauds, War of the Three Henries, First Goryeo-Khitan War, Battle of Tempsford, Kandalur War, Battle of Gaoliang River, Battle of Pankalia, Battle of Stainmore, Battle of Soissons, Tengyo no Ran. Excerpt: Sviatoslav I Igorevich (Old East Slavic: /, Sventoslav / Svantoslav Igorevi; Russian: , Svyatoslav Igorevi; Ukrainian: , Svyatoslav Igorovi; Bulgarian: , Svetoslav, Greek: , Sphendosthlabos); Old Norse: (c. 942 - March 972), also spelled Svyatoslav, was a Varangian (Viking) prince of Rus. The son of Igor of Kiev and Olga, Sviatoslav is famous for his incessant campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe-Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire; he also conquered numerous East Slavic tribes, defeated the Alans and the Vo..