Rapid eclipse of Kiev after death of VladimirÕs
successor - Yaroslavl in 1054
Partition of Kiev among YaroslavÕs
sons
Family feud led to independent political units - Vladimir, Suzdal, Tver (Kalinin),
and Moskovy (Moscow) of upper Volga principality of Vladimir-Suzdal.
Novgorod obtained self-government from Kievan Russia in 997, complete independence in 1136.
Kiev - in 1169 raiding party from Suzdal sacked Kiev.
Problems for Kiev- Volga Bulgars to the east, marauding Polovtsi to the south,
Khazars and Pechenegs to the southeast become increasingly troublesome