Battle of Listven
Mstislav beats Yaroslav; the brothers split Rus' on the Dnieper
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Mstislav of Tmutarakan defeated Yaroslav the Wise and his Varangian retinue. Under the peace of 1026 the brothers divided Rus' along the Dnieper: Mstislav took the left bank with Chernihiv, Yaroslav the right bank with Kiev. After Mstislav died in 1036, Yaroslav ruled alone.
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Alive at the time
- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) (aged 44)
- Yaroslav the Wise (aged 46)
- Cnut the Great (aged 29)
- Edward the Confessor (aged 21)
- Sei Shōnagon (aged 58)
- Robert II the Pious (aged 52)
- Al-Biruni (aged 51)
- Henry II (aged 51)
- Conrad II (aged 34)
- Henry I (aged 16)