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Kievan Rus, first East Slavic state. It reached its peak in the early to mid-11th century. Both the origin of the Kievan state and that of the name Rus, which came to be applied to it, remain matters of debate among historians.
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Rus, ancient people who gave their name to the lands of...
- Byzantine Rite
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- Rurik Dynasty
Rurik Dynasty, princes of Kievan Rus and, later, Muscovy...
- Khazar
Khazar, member of a confederation of Turkic-speaking tribes...
- Finn
Finn, legendary Irish hero, leader of the group of warriors...
- The Russian Primary Chronicle
The Russian Primary Chronicle, medieval Kievan Rus...
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- Constantine Vii Porphyrogenitus
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1 lip 2020 · The Kievan Rus’ were a powerful people created by Viking invaders who ruled the Slavic tribes around the Baltic Sea and, in a way, became Slavs themselves. The history of the Slavs is a long and ancient tale.
27 lip 2014 · The early medieval nation of Kievan Rus’ emerged from the early Viking forays into the lands of the Eastern Slavic tribes. It quickly rose as a powerful state that was home to many Finnic, Slavic,...
3 gru 2018 · The Kievan Rus are at the origin of modern-day Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The Rurik Dynasty ruled for over 700 years from Rurik's founding in 862 to the death of Ivan the Terrible of Russia in 1584.
25 lip 2009 · With the rise of the Ukrainian movement in the Russian Empire in the 1840s, the history of Kyivan Rus′ turned into a battleground between followers and opponents of the Slavist Mikhail Pogodin.
According to some sources and historians, there was an attempt in the 9th century to Christianise Kievan Rus'. The most authoritative source for this purported first conversion attempt is an encyclical letter of Patriarch Photius of Constantinople , datable to early 867.
She stands on a gold platform and raises her hands in prayer beneath large Greek characters that identify her as the “Mother of God.” This mosaic echoed similar images of the Virgin installed in churches and the palace in Constantinople following Iconoclasm, which were associated with imperial power and authority.
