A fact from Siege of Kiev (968) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 October 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that, at the conclusion of the Siege of Kiev by the Pechenegs in 968, the leaders of the two armies shook hands and exchanged their armour?
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The part about the Byzantines bribing the Pechenegs to attack the Rus doesn't seem to make sense. The Bulgars were a thorn in the side of the Byzantines. It makes no sense for them to bribe the Pechenegs to attack the Rus (to take pressure off the Bulgars). If I remember my history correctly, Nicephorus Phocas actually incited war with the Bulgars, then invited the Rus in to fight the Bulgars. It wasn't until the Rus began attacking Byzantine lands that Nicophorus bribed the Pechenegs to attack the Rus. Could somebody check that? Shadowstrike21:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)Reply