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Drevlians, the Severians, the Kryvychy and
made them pay tribute.
907, 911 The prince Oleh’s raids against Byzantium.
Due to the victorious raid against
Constantinople (the Chronicle says that he
nailed the shield on the gates of
Constantinople), the treaty of 907 yea was
concluded. According to that treaty the
Byzantines had to pay indemnity. The
merchants got the right to unlimited trade. In
the year of 911 the peace treaty was
supplemented with legal rules regulating
trade relations and relations during the
periods of conflicts.
912-945 The rule of prince Ihor, who continued the
policy of his predecessor:
1) he united by force other tribes around
Kyiv;
2) launched raids against steppe people
(Khazars and Pechenegs) protecting Rus from
their plundering raids;
3) went to war against Byzantium (in 941
with no success; in the year of 944 resulting
in peace treaty, that was much worse than the
Oleh’s treaty because merchants lost their
right to unlimited trade; Rus lost its access to
the Black Sea, etc.).
945 The death of prince Ihor, who was killed
under the city of Iskorosten’ gathering
additional tribute from the Drevlians.
The rule of Olga, who:
1) avenged her husband’s death by
slaughtering the nobility of the Drevlians and

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