CHAPTER III.
REIGNS OF VLADIMIR, YAROSLAF, YSIASLAF AND VSEVOLOD.
From 973 to 1092.
Flight of Vladimir .-- His Stolen Bride .-- The March Upon Kief .-- Debauchery of Vladimir .-- Zealous Paganism .-- Introduction of Christianity .-- Baptism in the Dnieper .-- Entire Change in the Character of Vladimir .-- His Great Reforms .-- His Death .-- Usurpation of Sviatopolk the Miserable .-- Accession of Yaroslaf .-- His Administration and Death .-- Accession of Ysiaslaf .-- His Strange Reverses,--His Death .-- Vsevolod Ascends the Throne .-- His Two Flights to Poland .-- Appeals to the Pope .-- Wars, Famine and Pestilence .-- Character of Vsevolod.
CHAPTER IV.
YEARS OF WAR AND WOE.
From 1092 to 1167.
Character of Vsevolod .-- Succession of Sviatopolk .-- His Discomfiture .-- Deplorable Condition of Russia .-- Death of Sviatopolk .-- His Character .-- Accession of Monomaque .-- Curious Festival At Kief .-- Energy of Monomaque .-- Alarm of the Emperor At Constantinople .-- Horrors of War .-- Death of Monomaque .-- His Remarkable Character .-- Pious Letter To His Children .-- Accession of Mstislaf .-- His Short But Stormy Reign .-- Struggles For the Throne .-- Final Victory of Ysiaslaf .-- Moscow in the Province of Souzdal .-- Death of Ysiaslaf .-- Wonderful Career of Rostislaf .-- Rising Power of Moscow .-- Georgievitch, Prince of Moscow..