Igor Svyatoslavich
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![The route of Igor's campaign](/Images/godic/202502/08/Маршрут_похода_на_половцев4447.gif")
![The field of Igor Svyatoslavich's battle with the Polovtsy, by Viktor Vasnetsov](/Images/godic/202502/08/Igorsvyat4447.jpg")
![Ivan Bilibin's illustration to the “The Lay of Igor’s Campaign”](/Images/godic/202502/08/Biliwar4448.jpg")
Prince Igor Svyatoslavich the Brave (Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ; Russian: Игорь Святославич, Igor Svyatoslavich; Ukrainian: Ігор Святославич, Ihor Svyatoslavych; Old Norse: Ingvar Sveinaldsson) (Novhorod-Siverskyi, April 3 / 10, 1151 – the spring of 1201 / December 29, 1202) was a Rus’ prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). His baptismal name was Yury. Igor was prince of Putivl (1164–1180), of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198), and of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202).