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The history of Kyiv ( Kiev ), officially begins when it was founded in 482, but the city may date back at least 2,000 years. Archaeologists have dated the oldest known settlement in the area to 25,000 BC. [1] Initially a 6th-century Slavic settlement, it gradually acquired eminence as the center of East Slavic civilization.
The Primary Chronicle claims that a Varangian named Rurik first established himself in Novgorod, located in modern Russia (he was selected as common ruler by several Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes) in about 860 C.E. before moving south and extending his authority to Kiev. The chronicle names him as the progenitor of the Rurik Dynasty.
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Sep 21, 2021 · The present inhabitants of Novgorod are descended from the Varangian race, but aforetime they were Slavs.” The text interestingly notes that although the Rurik and his descendants began as Norse, they eventually became Slavs. The stability that Rurik was supposed to bring to Kyiv, though, did not immediately happen.
Kievan Rus'. Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly East Slavic state dominated by the city of Kiev from about 880 C.E. to the middle of the twelfth century. People speaking East Slavic dialects were known from the ninth century as Rus (also referred to as ancient Russians or Ruthenians ). Later, they diverged into three major nations—modern ...
A group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgorod in 864, under the leadership of Rurik. Rurik's relative Oleg conquered Kiev in 882. He made the state of Kievan Rus', which was later ruled by Ruriks descendants. [8] [9] The name of the Rus' is the origin of the name Russia . Varangians did trade, piracy and mercenary activities.
The dynasty of Kievan Rus’ began around 862, when one of the many tribes in the area either invited a Varangian (Viking) Rus’ named Rurik (d. c. 879) to rule them or were conquered by force. The Varangian Rus’ were a mix of Slavs and Scandinavians living near Russia’s present-day border with Finland. The tribe in question lived at ...
Sep 27, 2020 · Rurik. Rurik (also spelled Riurik) was a Varangian chieftain who arrived in the Ladoga region in modern-day Russia in 862. He built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod in the 860s and founded the first significant dynasty in Russian history called the Rurik Dynasty. Rurik and his heirs also established a significant geographical and political ...
