Saint Vladimir I of Kiev, also known as Svyatoy Vladimir, Vladimir Svyatoslavich, Vladimir the Great, and Vladimir Veliky, was born in 956 in Kiev, the capital of the Kievan Rus. He was the grandson of Saint Olga of Kiev and the son of the pagan Norman-Rus prince Svyatoslav of Kiev and his consort Malushka. During his early years, Vladimir held the title of Prince of Novgorod in 970. However,...