Also, the early grand princes made a fateful decision: They became Byzantine Christians.

此外，早期的大公们做出了一个决定性的决定：他们成为了拜占庭基督徒。

In A.D. 988 Vladimir I, the pagan prince of Novgorod and grand prince of Kyiv, accepted the Orthodox Christian faith and was baptized in the Crimean city of Chersonesus.

公元988年， 异教徒诺夫哥罗德王子和基辅大公弗拉基米尔一世接受了东正教信仰，并在克里米亚城市切尔索尼苏斯接受了洗礼。