Statesmen
Sveneld
Military commander · associate of Igor and Sviatoslav
Show on the timeline- Period of activity shown
- 930–977
An influential military figure known from the chronicle tradition. His biography contains contradictions: scholars consider it possible that accounts of several people were combined.
- Lifespan
- Unknown
- On the timeline
- Presumed activity from the 930s; last mentioned in 977
- Role
- Military commander and member of the Kyiv elite