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What killed the Grand Duke of Kyiv Igor?

In the autumn of 945, the Grand Duke of Kyiv, Igor, went to the Drevlyane land for tribute. Returning to Kyiv, Igor decided that not enough tribute had been collected. Having released the bulk of the troops to Kyiv, he returned with a small retinue to the Drevlyansk city of Iskorosten to demand additional tribute. The Drevlyan ambassadors who met him on the way tried to convince the prince that the tribute had been paid in full, but Igor was inexorable. Then the desperate Drevlyans, realizing that "it is necessary to kill the predatory wolf, or the whole herd will be his victim," they killed the squad, and the prince was torn to pieces on two trees.

So Igor was ruined by reckless greed.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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