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Gleb Sviatoslavich

d. 1078 · 11th century

Gleb Sviatoslavich was a Rus' prince, son of Sviatoslav II of Chernigov. He ruled the Black Sea principality of Tmutarakan, where an inscribed stone of 1068 records him measuring the width of the frozen Kerch Strait, the oldest dated East Slavic inscription. He later ruled Novgorod and was killed in 1078.

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