Gleb Svyatoslavich of Novgorod (c1048-1078)

Gleb Svyatoslavich (d. 30 May 1078) was the eldest son of Grand Duke of Kiev Yaroslav Svyatoslav. He was Prince or Tmutarakan (1064, 1066-1068) and [[Prince of Novgorod (1069-1078),.

He began to reign in Tmutarakan in 1064, but was driven out in the same year by his cousin Rostislav Vladimirovich. He returned to Tmutarakan with his father's help, but was soon again driven away by Rostislav. Gleb has managed to establish himself as ruler of Tmutarakan only after Rostislav's death Rostislav in 1067.

In 1067 some time was the prince of Novgorod, but after Vyacheslav Bryachislavich of Polotsk was installed as Grand Prince of Kiev he returned to Tmutarakan, where, according to the inscription on the marble stone Tmutarakan in 1068 measured the distance between the ice and Tmutarakan Kerch (it is the oldest known example of topographic and hydrographic work in Russia).

After fleeing Vseslav in Polotsk in 1069 led the militia of Novgorod, Novgorod successfully defended by troops Vseslav. Regulation in Novgorod until 1073 to installed as Grand Prince of Kiev Svyatoslav his father Yaroslav, who passed Gleb the Principality of Pereyaslavsk. After his father's death and the coming to power of Vsevolod Yaroslav in 1077 was re-transferred to Novgorod. The following year, with the appearance of a Novgorod pagan priest, who called the people to revolt, according to the Chronicle, the main of them are killed, and was then fired Novgorod. Exile Hleb, according to the doctor of historical sciences Froyanova IJ, match, probably with great danger for him. "Escape from Gleb Novgorod - a sign saying about emergency situation, forcing the governor to leave the city. Apparently, the life of the prince was under threat coming from Novgorod, accused him of misfortunes (poor harvest fruits of the earth) that have befallen the land of Novgorod " [1].

Getting no help from the other princes, Gleb Svyatoslavich ran for Portage, where he was killed chudyu May 30, 1078. Buried 23 July 1078 in Chernigov.