Sviatoslav destroys the Khazar Khaganate
A Kyivan prince breaks the power that long ruled the steppe
Prince Sviatoslav of Kiev defeated the Khazars, took the Don fortress of Sarkel and, according to Arab sources, sacked their capital Atil. The Khazar Khaganate, long the dominant steppe power, soon ceased to exist.
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Alive at the time
- Vladimir the Great (aged 5)
- Otto the Great (aged 53)
- Olga of Kiev (aged 45)
- Ferdowsi (aged 25)
- Hugh Capet (aged 25)
- Sviatoslav I (aged 23)
- Edgar the Peaceful (aged 22)
- Otto II (aged 10)
- Yaropolk I (aged 10)