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

Grand prince izyaslav i yaroslavich. 1054-1078 izyaslav i, who occupied the kiev throne twice, died in a civil war, struck down by the spear of an unknown horseman. The first of the russian rulers to abolish the death penalty, replacing it with a monetary penalty. Date: 1896.