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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...
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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...
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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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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.
Kievan Rus peaked in the 10th and 11th centuries under Vladimir I and Yaroslav, becoming eastern Europe’s chief political and cultural centre. At Yaroslav’s death in 1054, his sons divided the empire into warring factions. The 13th-century Mongol conquest decisively ended its power.
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.
25 mar 2022 · Kievan Rus' (Old East Slavic: Роусь, romanized: Rusĭ, or роусьскаѧ землѧ, romanized: rusĭskaę zemlę, "Rus' land") was a loose federation in Eastern Europe and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.
25 lut 2024 · Kyivan Rus rose up during the 9th century and laid the foundations for the development of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The city of Kyiv was the heart of Kyivan Rus, a loosely bound federation of principalities, each under the governance of its individual prince.
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.
