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Shirvan. raids of Rus' with 73 ships in 1174 which sailed from Volga and threatening shores of river Kura. Meanwhile, a Kypchak horde sacked Derbent and captured Shabran the same year. Akhsitan called his allies Georgia and Byzantine Empire, which proved to be successful as in siege of Derbent. III George subjugated city with aids from Andronikos I Komnenos and turned it over to shah. They also defeated and burned Rus' navy.
His own favourites killed Knyaz Andrei at Volodimir. And there was great tumult in that land and great misery, and a quantity of heads fell, so that there was no number [to them] ; and then they set on the throne Mstislav Rostislavits with his brother Yaropolk.
Roman Rostislavits, grandson of Mstislav, took his seat in Kiev.
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