Yaroslav the Wise dies at Kiev
1054
The Rus grand prince who had built St. Sophia in his capital, married his daughters into half the royal houses of Europe, and issued the first Rus legal code died at Kiev. His testament divided the land among his sons and inaugurated the long fragmentation of Kievan Rus into competing principalities.
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