Sword of Svyatoslav the Brave
Discovered last year in the river Dnipr medieval sword after restoration presented at the National Museum of History. Some historians believe it is sword of Svyatoslav the Brave - Father of Vladimir the Baptist ( Vladimir the Great ) - and offer to make a national shrine. The sword from 22-meters depth fished ordinary fisherman i n Zaporizhzhya .The Sword hilt inlaid with copper and silver. There is a Latin inscription "Ulfberh" on the sword - the workshop in the Upper Rhine. The restorer says - this is not the first Norman sword found near Khortytsya . 80 years ago, by the construction DnieproGES found five more. But they are much simpler. Unique weapons coincidence place of occurrence of the approximate location of the place of death of Kiev prince Svyatoslav Igorovych and finding these swords inclines historians to believe that this sword is a witness and a direct participant in the latest clashes Kiev prince Svyatoslav Igorovych against Pechenegs at 972. So