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Mar 26, 2022 · Published March 26, 2022 Updated April 13, 2022. Two former republics of the Soviet Union — Russia and Ukraine — are once again in conflict. Here are some pivotal moments in the years leading...
- The Emergence of The Kyivan Rus State
- The Importance of Kyiv
- The Mongol Invasion
- The Pull of Russia
Today, Kyiv is the capital city of Ukraine. A millennium ago, it was the heart of what is known as the Kyivan Rus state. Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Norse traders sailed the river routes from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Predominantly Swedish in origin, they found their way to the Byzantine Empireand even attacked Persia from the Caspian Se...
The Rus tribes are the ancestors of those who still bear their name today, the Russian and Belarussian people, as well as those of Ukraine. Kyiv was referred to by the 12th century as the ‘mother of Rus cities’, effectively denoting it as the capital of the Kyivan Rus state. The rulers of the region were styled Grand Princes of Kyiv. This associati...
In 1223, the irresistible expansion of the Mongol Hordereached the Kyivan Rus state. On 31 May, the Battle of the Kalka River was fought, resulting in a decisive Mongol victory. Although the horde left the region after the battle, the damage had been done, and they would return in 1237 to complete the conquering of Kyivan Rus. This began the break ...
Cossacks, who are mostly closely linked with Kyiv and Ukraine, began to resist the control of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and rebelled in favour of joining Russia. Under the Grand Princes of Moscow, since 1371, Russia had been slowly forming from disparate states. The process was completed in the 1520s under Vasily III. A Russian state appea...
Feb 12, 2022 · As Russian forces begin an all-out assault on Ukraine after months of troop buildup and failed diplomatic efforts by the U.S. and its European allies to head off conflict, the situation for...
- Becky Sullivan
Feb 23, 2023 · • 8 min read. It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the battle continues. Military and civilian deaths and injuries on both sides have been estimated in the hundreds of thousands,...
- Eve Conant
Feb 24, 2022 · Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 and many in the world are now getting a crash course in the complex and intertwined history of those two...
Feb 14, 2023 · Updated. Last updated February 14, 2023 7:00 am (EST) Summary. Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has set alight the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II. A former...
Jan 22, 2024 · Ukraine and Russia both trace their origins to Kyivan Rus’, an early medieval state formed in the ninth century. People living in that territory came to think of themselves as Russian or Ukrainian much later, as a result of complex social, political, and historical processes.
