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Maximos, Metropolitan of all Rus'. Maximus or Maximos [1] [2] ( Russian: Максим; died 6 December 1305) was a metropolitan bishop of the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He was consecrated in Constantinople and reigned from 1283 to 1305. [1] [2] Maximos was of Greek origin.
The inner Principality of Kiev (Old East Slavic: Киевское кънѧжьство, romanized: Kievskoe kŭnęzhĭstvo; [citation needed] Ukrainian: Київське князівство, romanized: Kyivske kniazivstvo; Russian: Киевское княжество, romanized: Kiyevskoye kniazhestvo) was a medieval East Slavic state, situated in central regions of modern Ukraine around the ...
Composition. Warriors of Vsevolod I of Kiev (11th century) Tribal militia known as voyi formed the basis of the army in Kievan Rus' [1] until the tax reform of Olga of Kiev in the middle of the 10th century. [2] In the subsequent period, under Svyatoslav I of Kiev and Volodimer I of Kiev, druzhyna played a dominant role. [3]
Location within Europe. The siege of Kiev by the Mongols took place between 28 November and 6 December 1240, and resulted in a Mongol victory. It was a heavy morale and military blow to the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, which was forced to submit to Mongol suzerainty, and allowed Batu Khan to proceed westward into Central Europe.
Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna [a] (c. 1030 – 1075) was a princess of Kievan Rus who became Queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of their son Philip I from Henry's death in 1060 until her controversial marriage to Count Ralph IV of Valois.
Yaroslav I Vladimirovich [a] ( c. 978–20 February 1054 ), better known as Yaroslav the Wise, [b] was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death in 1054. [3] He was also earlier Prince of Novgorod from 1010 to 1034 and Prince of Rostov from 987 to 1010, uniting the principalities for a time. Yaroslav's baptismal name was George [c] after ...
The Kievan Chronicle or Kyivan Chronicle [a] is a chronicle of Kievan Rus'. It was written around 1200 in Vydubychi Monastery as a continuation of the Primary Chronicle. [1] It is known from two manuscripts: a copy in the Hypatian Codex ( c. 1425), and a copy in the Khlebnikov Codex ( c. 1560s); in both codices, it is sandwiched between the ...
