Igor (Southern Russian Prince) - Igor

Japanese: イーゴリ(南ロシア諸公) - いーごり
Igor (Southern Russian Prince) - Igor

…A representative work of Kievan Rus’ epic literature. It is based on the expedition of Igor (1151-1202), one of the princes of southern Russia, against the Turkic nomads, the Polovtsians, in the steppes in 1185. It was written no later than 87, after Igor’s return to Russia after being defeated and captured in battle. …

From Kiev, Russia

...The attack on Constantinople by the Kievan rulers Askold and Zhir (brother princes) in 860 left a strong impression on the Byzantine people. In Novgorod in the north, the legendary Norman chieftain Rurik had conquered the Slavic prince Vadim and seized power, but after his death, the army of Oleg (reigned 882-912), the chieftain of the vassal band, who supported his son Igor, began to march south, defeating Askold and Zhir and becoming ruler of the city-state of Kiev. This was in 882, and Novgorod in the north and Kiev in the south came under the common rule of a single nominally Rurikid monarch, and thus the all-Russian Kievan Rus was born. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Igor (Prince of Southern Russia)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…キエフ・ロシアの叙事文学の代表的作品。南ロシアの諸公のひとりイーゴリIgor’(1151‐1202)が1185年にチュルク系遊牧民ポロベツ族に対して行ったステップへの遠征を題材としている。戦いに敗れて捕らえられたイーゴリがロシアへ帰還したのち,遅くとも87年までに成立した。…

【キエフ・ロシア】より

…キエフの支配者アスコリドとジール(兄弟の公)による860年のコンスタンティノープル攻撃の遠征は,ビザンティンの人びとにも強い印象を残した。北のノブゴロドには,スラブ人の公ワジムを征して権力を握ったノルマン人の伝説的首長リューリクがいたが,その死後,遺児イーゴリを奉じた従士団の長オレーグ(在位882‐912)の軍勢が南下進攻を始め,アスコリドとジールを倒して都市国家キエフの支配者となった。これが882年のことであり,北のノブゴロドと南のキエフは,名目上は単一のリューリク朝君主の共通の支配下に入り,ここに全ロシア的なキエフ・ロシアが誕生するのである。…

※「イーゴリ(南ロシア諸公)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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