Editing Harald Hardrada (section)

===To Kievan Rus'===
After the defeat at the Battle of Stiklestad, Harald managed to escape with the aid of [[Rögnvald Brusason]] (later [[Earl of Orkney]]) to a remote farm in [[Eastern Norway]]. He stayed there for some time to heal his wounds, and thereafter (possibly up to a month later) journeyed north over the mountains to Sweden. A year after the Battle of Stiklestad, Harald arrived in Kievan Rus' (referred to in the sagas as ''[[Garðaríki]]'' or ''Svíþjóð hin mikla''). He likely spent at least part of his time in the town of [[Staraya Ladoga]] (''Aldeigjuborg''), arriving there in the first half of 1031. Harald and his men were welcomed by Grand Prince [[Yaroslav the Wise]], whose wife [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter|Ingegerd]] was a distant relative of Harald.<ref>Tjønn (2010) pp. 21–22</ref><ref>DeVries (1999) pp. 25–26</ref> Badly in need of military leaders, Yaroslav recognised a military potential in Harald and made him a captain of his forces.<ref>DeVries (1999) p. 26</ref> Harald's brother Olaf Haraldsson had previously been in exile to [[Yaroslavl|Yaroslav]] following the revolt in 1028,<ref>Tjønn (2010) p. 16</ref> and ''[[Morkinskinna]]'' says that Yaroslav embraced Harald first and foremost because he was the brother of Olaf.<ref>Tjønn (2010) p. 25</ref> Harald took part in Yaroslav's campaign against the [[Polish people|Poles]] in 1031, and possibly also fought against other 1030s Kievan enemies and rivals such as the [[Chud]]es in [[Estonia]], and the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]], as well as the [[Pechenegs]] and other steppe nomad people.<ref>DeVries (1999) p. 27</ref>