Igor Svyatoslavich (April 3, 1151-1202) was the prince of Novhorod-Siversky from 1180 to 1202. His skirmishes against the Polovtsians would most likely pass into oblivion, if they hadn't been immortalized in The Tale of Igor's Campaign and the opera Prince Igor. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Events Ghazni is burned by the princes of Ghur Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18. ... Events August 1 - Arthur of Brittany captured in Mirebeau, north of Poitiers Beginning of the Fourth Crusade. ... Novhorod-Siversky or Novhorod-Siverskyj (Новгород-Сіверський in Ukrainian, Nowogród Siewierski in Polish ) is a historic town in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, on the bank of the Desna River, 200 km from the capital Kyiv and 45 km south from the Russian border. ... The Tale of Igors Campaign (Old East Slavic: Слово о плъку Игоревѣ, Slovo o pălku IgorevÄ›; Modern Russian: Слово о полку Игореве, Slovo o polku Igoreve) is an anonymous masterpiece of East Slavic literature written in Old East Slavic language and tentatively dated by the end of 12th century. ... Prince Igor (Князь Игорь in Russian, Knyaz Igor in transliteration) is an opera in a prologue and four acts by Alexander Borodin to a Russian libretto by the composer, based on the East Slavic epic The Tale of Igors Campaign. ...

Costume design for Prince Igor (1909).

Igor was the son of Svyatoslav Olgovich, and a grandson of Oleg of Chernigov. His mother was Catherine of Novgorod. His princely name was Igor, in honor of his uncle Igor II of Kiev, but his baptismal name was George, in honor of his father's ally George the Long-Armed. Oleg Svyatoslavich of Chernigov was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. ... Igor II Olgovich (Игорь II Ольгович in Russian) (? - September 19, 1147), Kniaz (Prince) of Chernigov and Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1147). ... Monument to Yury Dolgourky in Moscow. ...

In 1171, Igor led his first campaign against the Polovtsians; it was a success. He defeated the khans, Kobyak and Konchak, who had been ravaging the lands around Pereyaslav. In 1183 he defeated a Polovtsian raiding party by the Merla river. // Events Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate, restoring Sunni rule in Egypt. ... Pereyaslav is the former name of towns in Ukraine and Russia: Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi in Ukraine. ...

In 1185, Khan Konchak attacked the Rus, and in response Igor amassed a force of some 6,000-8,000 soldiers to retaliate against the Polovtsians. He was joined by a number of Kievan princes, including his brother Vsevolod, his nephew Sviatoslav, and his son Vladimir. They were able to penetrate deeply into the Polovtsian territory and take them by surprise. However, they were also surrounded by enemies on every side, and facing heavy bombardment by arrows. Mounted warriors attacked, led by a number of khans, including Konchak. The Kievans were trapped between the Polovtsy and a lake, and those who were not killed by the enemy were drowned. Events April 25 - Genpei War - Sea Battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. ...

Igor left in pursuit of some deserters, and on his return he was captured. Vsevolod, Sviatoslav, and Vladimir were also taken prisoner. Igor managed to escape, however, leaving his son as a hostage. Four years prior to his death, he was installed as the Prince of Chernigov, partitioning his Severian lands between his five sons. Chernihiv (Чернігів in Ukrainian) is an ancient city in northern Ukraine, the central city of Chernihivska oblast. Some common historical spellings of the name are Polish: Czernichów, and Russian: Чернигов, Chernigov. ... Severia (Сіверщина in Ukrainian, Сиверщина in Russian, and Sewerien in German) is a historical region in northern Ukraine and southwestern Russia, centered around the Ukrainian city of Novhorod-Siverskyj. ...

Family

He married the daughter of Yaroslav Osmomysl; her name is unknown. Their children were:

1. Vladimir, born October 8, 1170
2. Oleg, born 1174
3. Sviatoslav, born 1176
4. A daughter, married David Olgovich - for more information see here.

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References

• Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov, 1146-1246, 2000