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== The invasion ==
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[[File:Byzantines repel the Russian attack of 941.jpg|thumb|Byzantines repel the Russian attack of 941]]
The [[Rus' (people)|Rus']] and their allies, the [[Pechenegs]], disembarked on the northern coast of [[Asia Minor]] and swarmed over [[Bithynia]] in May 941. As usual, they seemed to have been well informed that the Imperial capital stood defenseless and vulnerable to attack: the [[Byzantine Navy|Byzantine fleet]] had been engaged against the Arabs in the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], while the bulk of the [[Byzantine army|Imperial army]] had been stationed along the eastern borders.
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