Round 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 Church of the Tithes. A king of this city who married Anna Porphyrogenita (“POR-fih-roh-GEN-ih-tah”) gifted the (*) Varangian (“vaa-RANG-ee-un”) Guard to Basil II. Nestor’s Primary Chronicle describes a ruler of this city (-5[1])who rejected Islam after claiming that drinking (10[1])was “the joy of” (-5[1])his people. (-5[1])A mass baptism occurred in the Dnieper (“NEE-per”) River after this city’s residents converted to (10[1])Christianity. For 10 points, Vladimir the Great ruled what Eastern European city's "Rus" state? ■END■ (10[2])

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