1043

Yaroslav sent his son Vladimir to attack Greece and entrusted him with a large force. : Volodimir went against the Greeks. Yaroslav sent his son Vladimir to seize the Crimean emporia of the Greek empire, notably Chersonesos.

• Russo-Byzantine War, Vladimir of Novgorod led the Russian armies together with Harald III of Norway against the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX. The final Rus'–Byzantine War was, in essence, an, unsuccessful naval raid against Constantinople instigated by Yaroslav I of Kiev and led by his eldest son, Vladimir of Novgorod, in 1043.

• Kimeks and Qipchaqs, thrusting westwards, pressured the Oğuz, who in turn pushed the Pechenegs west towards Byzantium's Balkan provinces

• 1030-1061 Estonia, as Yaroslav the Wise of Novgorod and Kiev raids the Estonian fortress of Tarbatu and founds a fort named Yuryev. Occupied until 1061

#10151065