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Nicolai Levashov. The Mirror of My Soul. Vol. 1. Born in the USSR

(the Israelites were highly experienced in organizing necessary scenarios in this kind of

matters). So, swarthy and dark-haired Vladimir who had nothing Russian or Slavonic in
his appearance became the Grand Duke of Kiev…

Besides, the death of Prince Svyatoslav also looks very strange. After a long and
heavy war with the Romans (the Byzantine Empire), when he turned the seemingly
inevitable defeat into his next victory and his relatively small troops inflicted a very
substantial defeat on army of the emperor and the continuation of war could leave the
emperor without an army in general and without his Guards in particular, bested by
enemies Svyatoslav succeeded in getting his troops (or rather what remained of them)
out of Bulgarian land with their weapons and booty. At the same time the emperor
confirmed the obligations signed by the Romans.

So, on their way home the greater part of Svyatoslav’s troops, most of whom
adopted the Greek religion, abandoned him and one night the Pechenegs attacked the
troops which remained loyal to Prince. Almost all of them died together with Svyatoslav

in this last battle. The Prince’s head was cut off as a trophy and the Pecheneg khan
(prince) called Kurya made a bowl out of it.

The question is the following. Why the help which Prince Svetoslav expected (this
is the correct spelling of his name, because it originates from the word svet (light), not
from sviat (holy or saint), as it began to be written later) did not come from Kiev. In fact,
both Svetoslav and his warriors suffered a lot of privations during their last winter camp
by the mouth of the Danube. So, exhausted but loyal to their prince, warriors gave up
waiting for help from Kiev and left for home on boats right into the hands of the
Pechenegs. They knew that the enemy waited for them, but they did not have another
choice. Kiev gave up his Prince, knowing perfectly that the Pechenegs waited for him
on the Dnieper Rapids.

Certainly, Prince Svetoslav’s death had many advantages for the Romans, because

his military operations had brought this empire to the verge of collapse and a living
prince Svetoslav was dangerous for them. The empire would not endure another
campaign which Prince Svetoslav would undoubtedly organize. But was the Byzantine
Empire the only one who was interested in his death?

Judging by what happened in the lands of Kievan Rus after his premature death, we
can come to the conclusion that his death was also advantageous to the forces which
stood behind young Vladimir. The bloody madness, which came to Kievan Rus, when
Vladimir seized power and began to force the citizens of the alien, to him, country to
turn to the Greek religion, shows very well who needed the death of Prince Svetoslav so
badly. His death was also an act of revenge for the complete elimination of Judaic
Khazaria. While analyzing these kind of events it is always necessary to look for those
who derive benefit from one or another event in order to see the truth among many
concomitant factors!

By the way, some words about the Pechenegs. They were Slavonic nomadic
tribes. They had their winter “quarters”, their cities, where they returned with their
cattle to spend the winter. Whilst over-wintering they “lolled about” in their houses, or,

as they said, on their stoves (pech) enjoying the bliss (nega). Thus they were called the
PECHeNEGs!

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