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who was the first russian ruler to adopt christianity; he or she traveled to the byzantine empire to be baptized?

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Answer: Vladimir I

Explanation: ruled from 980 to 1015 and was the first Kievan Rus' ruler to officially establish Orthodox Christianity as the new religion of the region.

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