Rostislav Vsevolodovich (russian: Ростислав Всеволодович) (c. 1070–1093) was the
Prince of Pereyaslavl (1078–1093), son of
Vsevolod I of Kiev, and half brother of
Vladimir Monomakh
Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...
. He fought at
Stugna river against the
Cumans
The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...
and drowned while fleeing the battle.
[Basil Dmytryshyn, ''Medieval Russia: A sourcebook 850-1700'', (Academic International Press, 2000), 60.]
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Rurik dynasty
1070s births
1093 deaths
Eastern Orthodox monarchs
Princes of Pereyaslavl
11th-century princes in Kievan Rus'
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