Askold and Dir

Askold († 882 ) was one of the two legendary Varangian prince ( the other was you ), which is attributed to after a successful campaign against the Khazars 858-862 conquest and 864-868 the establishment of the Principality of Kiev - parallel to the Varangian Rurik, who had already founded the principality of Novgorod. Askold had first attacked his ships already 860, the Byzantine capital Constantinople Opel, after his death, Kiev fell to the Rurik, the union made ​​possible by the principalities of Kiev and Novgorod is considered to be the actual birth of Kievan Rus. His grave is located, according to legend of the St. Nicholas Church at Askold's grave in Kiev.