06 History of the Russian state in the image of its sovereign rulers, Vasily Vereshchagin, 1896

Grand prince yaropolk 972-980 svyatoslav's eldest son, yaropolk, having taken away the inheritance of his brother oleg, also seized the inheritance of vladimir. The latter escaped and subsequently took possession of the kyiv throne. During the siege of the city of rodni, yaropolk, not heeding the pleas of the faithful varyazhko, bowed to the admonition of the voivode blud, who treacherously persuaded him to surrender to the mercy of vladimir. Date: 1896.