Grand Prince Vladimir the Great. Detail of the Monument to the Millennium of Russia (1862) designed by Russian sculptor Mikhail Mikeshin in Veliky Novgorod, Russia. The statue of Prince Vladimir the Great represents the Christianization of Kievan Rus (988). Vladimir the Great is depicted raising an Orthodox cross. Besides him a woman holds her child for baptism and a Slav dispossesses the pagan god Perun.

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Size: 2000px × 3000px
Location: Novgorod, Russia
Photo credit: © Azoor Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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