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 (-5[1])Porphyrogenita (-5[1])(“POR-fih-roh-GEN-ih-tah”) gifted (15[1]-5[1])the (*) Varangian (“vaa-RANG-ee-un”) Guard to Basil II. Nestor’s (10[1])Primary Chronicle describes a ruler of this city who rejected Islam after claiming that drinking (10[1])was “the joy of” (10[1])his people. A mass baptism occurred in the Dnieper (“NEE-per”) River after this city’s residents converted to Christianity. For 10 points, Vladimir the Great ruled what Eastern European city's "Rus" state? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

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