 
 <prompt> "Where Vladimir come get the army wey e take take back Rus? Based on di last question, write one context wey contain di answer. E fit be 1 - 20 sentences. Context:" <response>: Vladimir bin be prince of Novgorod wen im papa Sviatoslav I die for 972. Im bin dey run go Scandinavia for 976 afta im half-brother Yaropolk kill im other brother Oleg and take control of Rus. For Scandinavia, with di help of im relative Earl Håkon Sigurdsson, wey be ruler of Norway, Vladimir gather Viking army and retake Novgorod and Kiev from Yaropolk. As Prince of Kiev, Vladimir main achievement na di Christianization of Kievan Rus', wey start for 988. The Primary Chronicle talk say when Vladimir decide to accept new faith instead of di traditional idol-worship (paganism) of the Slavs, im send some of im top advisors and warriors as messengers go different parts of Europe. Dem visit di Christians of the Latin Rite, di Jews, and di Muslims before dem finally reach Constantinople. Dem reject Islam because, among other things, e no allow dem drink alcohol, and Judaism because di god of di Jews allow im chosen people lose their country. Dem see di ceremonies for di Roman church as boring. But for Constantinople, dem dey so amazed by di beauty of di cathedral of Hagia Sophia and di liturgical service wey dem do there, so dem decide for their mind say na di faith wey dem wan follow be that. As dem reach house, dem convince Vladimir say di faith of the Byzantine Rite na di best choice of all, so Vladimir travel go Constantinople arrange to marry Princess Anna, di sister of Byzantine emperor Basil II. 