# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurya
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:41.213Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurya"
name: "Kurya"
slug: "kurya"
description: "Kurya was a Pecheneg prince and khan who allied with Svyatoslav I of Kiev in his campaigns in the Balkans. Later, after Svyatoslav's defeat by the Byzantine Empire, Kurya ambushed and killed the Kievan grand prince at Khortytsia. According to the Chronicle of Bygone Years, Kurya had Svyatoslav's skull made into a goblet, and gilded. Dates of his rule are unknown, but he was no longer khan somewhere around 988 CE, being succeeded by Metiga. It is also possible that he was the leader of the Pechenegs in the 968 siege of Kiev, but since a starting date is unknown, it is almost impossible to tell. Kurya appears as a villain in the 2006 animated film Prince Vladimir."
tagline: "Pecheneg khan"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/MadridSkylitzesFol173ra.jpg/330px-MadridSkylitzesFol173ra.jpg"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           46.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.126678666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8F_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD)"
    title: "Куря (печенізький хан)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya_(pe%C3%A7eneq_xan%C4%B1)"
    title: "Kurya (peçeneq xanı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya_(khan)"
    title: "Kurya (khan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya_(kan)"
    title: "Kurya (kan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya"
    title: "Kurya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya"
    title: "Kurya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuria"
    title: "Kuria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8F_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD)"
    title: "Куря (печенежский хан)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurya_Han"
    title: "Kurya Han"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2630033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump