# Yakun

> Yakun or Jakun, nicknamed the Blind, was a Varangian (Viking) leader who is mentioned in the Primary Chronicle and in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The chronicle tells that he arrived in Kievan Rus' in the year 1024 and fought in the Battle of Listven between the half-brothers Yaroslav I the Wise and Mstislav of Chernigov.

*11th-century Viking warrior in Russia*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/yakun

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Died:** 1099
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Yakun or Jakun, nicknamed the Blind, was a Varangian (Viking) leader who is mentioned in the Primary Chronicle and in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The chronicle tells that he arrived in Kievan Rus' in the year 1024 and fought in the Battle of Listven between the half-brothers Yaroslav I the Wise and Mstislav of Chernigov.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.7

## Sources
- [Yakun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakun)
- [Yakun](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakun)
- [Якун Слепой](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B9)
- [Якун Сліпий](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1967638)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/yakun