Packet 6: Tossup 16

A ruler of this city ordered that a statue of a thunder god be dragged through its streets and beaten with sticks. A ruler of this city who was born to the housekeeper Malusha ordered a statue of Perun thrown into a river before building the stone (15[1])Church of the Tithes. (15[3])A king of this city who married Anna (15[1]-5[1])Porphyrogenita (15[2]-5[3])(“POR-fih-roh-GEN-ih-tah”) gifted (15[1]-5[1])the (15[2])(*) Varangian (10[1]-5[1])(“vaa-RANG-ee-un”) Guard (10[1])to Basil (10[1])II. (10[4]-5[4])Nestor’s (10[2])Primary Chronicle (-5[1])describes (10[1])a ruler of this city (-5[1])who rejected (10[1])Islam after claiming that drinking (10[2])was “the (10[1])joy of” (10[1]-5[1])his people. (-5[1])A mass baptism (10[1])occurred in the Dnieper (10[1])(“NEE-per”) River after this city’s residents (10[1])converted to (10[1])Christianity. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Vladimir the Great ruled what Eastern European city's (10[1])"Rus" state? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[5])

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