Metiga was a

Pecheneg The Pechenegs () or Patzinaks, , Middle Turkic: , , , , , , ka, პაჭანიკი, , , ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Pečenezi, separator=/, Печенези, also known as Pecheneg Turks were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia who ...

ruler who allied himself with Vladimir I of Kiev around the year 988 CE. Metiga assisted with the capture of Cherson by Vladimir, who converted to

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...

shortly after the town's fall to his forces. He was preceded as Pecheneg khan by Kurya, and succeeded by

Kuchug Kuchug was a Pecheneg khan who ruled during the 990s CE. The '' Nikol'sk Chronicle'' relates that Kuchug converted to Christianity around the year 990 (most likely as a result of Vladimir the Great Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I S ...

; Metiga's rule was over by 991. Also in 988, Metiga requested baptism from Vladimir.

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10th century in Kievan Rus' Pechenegs {{East-Slavic-hist-stub