Kniaz Vladimir, kotoryi po pravu prozyvaetsia Krestitelem Rusi, voshel v Istoriiu ne tolko kak istoricheskaia figura, no dukhovnyi preobrazovatel, na tysiacheletie poseiavshii semia khristianskoi very v nashei derzhave. Vera i ego preobrazila tak, chto iz zhestokogo, grubogo, mstitelnogo iazychnika Vladimir-khristianin sdelalsia obraztcom krotosti i liubvi k blizhnemu, ne zhelaia nakazyvat dazhe prestupnikov. Pervye kievskie kniazia sozdali Ð"«obolochkuÐ"» Russkogo gosudarstva, i tolko Sviatoi kniaz Vladimir вÐ"†s priniatiem khristianstva вÐ"†vdokhnul v etu Ð"«obolochkuÐ"» dushu; blagodaria emu rodilas novaia slaviano-vostochnaia tcivilizatciia. On stal ne tolko dukhovnym ottcom russkogo naroda, no i osnovatelem velikogo Russkogo gosudarstva.