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- Comment: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If you want to create a page about an expression, please make sure to document its widespread usage in reliable secondary sources. Broc (talk) 13:59, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
"I'm coming to you!" (old east slavic: Іду на ви!, romanized: Idu na vy!) is a expression of Sviatoslav Ihorovych to signify a declaration of war to his opponents - an ultimatum to declare war. The first written mention, according to the Tale of bygone Years, dates back to 964 according to the Old Slavic calendar.
History
[edit]Despite his proclamation as Grand Duke in 945, Rus' was actually ruled by Princess Olga, Sviatoslav's mother and state regent. In 964, "when Prince Sviatoslav grew up and matured,"[1], he began military campaigns, the first of which was a campaign against the Khazars:[2]
- And he ate while baking in the heat.
- He didn't have a tent, but he had a shirt,
- and a saddle near his head.
- And all his soldiers were like that.
- And he sent them to other countries, saying, "I want to go for you."
- And he went to the Oka River and the Volga River.
- And he came across the Vyatichi and asked them:
- "To whom do you pay tribute?"
- They answered: "To the Khazars - we give a shelyag from the ral".
- In the summer of 965 Sviatoslav went to the Khazars.
- And they met in battle.
- And there was a battle between them, Svyatoslav defeated the Khazars,
- And he took their city White Tower.
- And he defeated the Jaszs and the Kasogs,
- And returned to Kyev.
In contemporary culture
- Since ukrainian independence, a contact martial arts tournament of the same name has been held. The phrase is the subject of the song "Chur" by the band Licho, the album of the same name by Dub Buk, and the EP Aparthate.
- "Coming for you!" is the slogan of the Special Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- "I'm coming for you!" - a song by the musical group Komu Vnyz.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Повість врем'яних літ: Літопис (За Іпатським списком) / Пер. з давньоруської, післяслово, комент. В. В. Яременка.— К.: Рад. письменник, 1990.—558 с." Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ^ Палій, Олександр (2015-06-04). Історія України: Посібник (in Ukrainian). Yuri Marchenko. ISBN 978-617-684-099-2.
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