Wars
Sviatoslav's Balkan campaigns
From success in Bulgaria to withdrawal
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- 967–971
Sviatoslav established himself on the Danube, then went to war with Byzantium. After the siege of Dorostolon, he agreed to withdraw from Bulgaria.
- Parties
- Rus'; Bulgaria; Byzantium — alliances changed
- Outcome
- Failure of Sviatoslav's Balkan ambitions
- Settlement or record
- Rus'–Byzantine treaty of 971
- Beginning
- 967 or 968