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Sfengus
Brother of Vladimir I of Kiev From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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According to John Skylitzes, Sfengus or Sphengos was a brother of Vladimir I of Kiev. Sfengus was a leader in the joint Byzantine-Kievan campaign to depose Georgius Tzul, the last recorded khagan of the Khazars.
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Though identified as a brother of Vladimir I of Kiev, some historians such as Simon Franklin and Jonathan Shepard hypothesize that he is identical with Mstislav of Tmutarakan, Vladimir's son.
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Franklin, Simon and Jonathan Shepard. The Emergence of Rus 750-1200. Longman, 1996.
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