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Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus ', was a state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century.
- Prince Oleg
Oleg (Old East Slavic: Ѡлегъ, Ольгъ; Old Norse: Helgi; died...
- Rurik
Rurik (also spelled Rorik, Riurik or Ryurik; Church...
- Varangians
The Varangians (/ v ə ˈ r æ n dʒ i ə n z /) were Viking...
- Russkaya Pravda
The Russkaya Pravda (Russian: Русская Правда, lit. ' Rus'...
- Siege of Kiev
Batu Khan and the Mongols began their invasion in late 1237...
- Principality of Chernigov
Location. Most of the Principality of Chernigov was located...
- Novgorod Slavs
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a...
- Old East Slavic
Old East Slavic (traditionally also Old Russian) was a...
- Sviatoslav I
Sviatoslav or Svyatoslav I Igorevich (Old East Slavic:...
- Vladimir The Great
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Old...
- Prince Oleg
Kyiv (nganjëherë shkruhen Kiev) është qyteti më i madh dhe kryeqyteti i Ukrainës, si dhe kryeqyteti historik i Kievan Rus'. Kievi feston zyrtarisht vitin e themelimit si 482, por qyteti mund të datojë të paktën 2000 vjet më parë.
- The Primary Chronicle & Early Kings
- Vladimir The Great & Yaroslav The Wise
- Kievan Rus in Vikings & Legacy
The Russian Primary Chronicle was probably completed by c. 1113 at Kiev and was once attributed to the monk Nestor (c. 1056-1114) but is now thought to be a compilation of earlier works possibly edited by Nestor. The earliest surviving manuscript dates from 1377 with editorial notes substantiating the earlier date of the work. The Chronicleis regul...
Olga abdicated in favor of Sviatoslav I c. 963 and retired to Kiev to spend the rest of her life in domestic duties. Sviatoslav I quickly began a course of military campaigns even greater than those of Oleg and Igor to expand his territory and control traderoutes. He conquered Khazaria first, which had long been a rival power, and then the Volga Bu...
Kievan Rus was featured in Season 6 of the popular TV series Vikings in 2019 with a focus on the recurring character of Oleg the Prophet (played by Russian actor Danila Kozlovsky). Vikingsregularly compressed or combined historical events with some poetic license and the show's depiction of Oleg and various events in the region follows this same co...
- Joshua J. Mark
In Kievan Rus' Oleg and Ivar travel to Novgorod to meet Oleg's brother Askold and retrieve Oleg's nephew Igor, the heir to the kingdom. Oleg has Askold poisoned, while Ivar forms a connection with Igor.
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.
Kievan Rus (862-1242) was a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, and part of Russia (the latter named for the Rus, a Scandinavian people).
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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 ).
