Vladimir the Great Yaroslav the Wise Golden Age the acceptance of Byzantium legal code Russkaya Pravda Kiev Orthodox Christianity East Slavic
The reigns of Vladimir the Great (980–1015) and his son Yaroslav the Wise (1019–1054) constitute the Golden Age of Kiev, which saw the acceptance of Orthodox Christianity from Byzantium, and the creation of the first East Slavic written legal code, the Russkaya Pravda.