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The Rus ', also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen , mainly originating from present-day Sweden , who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD.
Rus, ancient people who gave their name to the lands of Russia and Belarus. Their origin and identity are much in dispute. Traditional Western scholars believe them to be Scandinavian Vikings, an offshoot of the Varangians, who moved southward from the Baltic coast and founded the first.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 21, 2020 · Who were the Rus Vikings? The Rus became both very powerful and very rich. They established a ruling dynasty under their ruler Rurik and, from AD 879, formed the Kievan Rus state, based in Kiev. This dynasty controlled a huge trade network and would go on to last seven centuries.
- Early Scandinavian Settlements in The East
- Prince Oleg Expands Territory, Moves The Capital to Kiev
- Royal Pains After Oleg
- End of The Kievan Rus Era
Vikings founded Kievan Rus in the mid-9th century, but Scandanavian settlements in Eastern Europe actually date back to at least A.D. 750. This is when pre-Viking-Age Scandanavians likely settled the northwestern Russian town of Staraya Ladoga (or “Old Ladoga”), across Lake Ladoga from what is now Finland. One of the artifacts archaeologists have u...
It was after 840 that Scandanavian Vikings—who were known in Eastern Europe as “Varangians” or “Rus”—established Viking rule over Slavic tribes in what came to be called Kievan Rus. At first, the region was divided between three noble brothers. “The oldest, Rurik, located himself at Novgorod; the second, Sineus, at Beloozero; and the third, Truvor,...
Archaeological discoveries in the region support the Russian Primary Chronicle’shistorical account of Vikings in the region—at least, in part.However, historians caution readers to approach the Chroniclenarrative with a grain of salt, since some of its stories have an exaggerated, mythical quality. One such story: how Oleg allegedly died. According...
Kievan Rus was largely pagan until the late 10th century, when Vladimir the Great took power and introduced Christianity. The conversion actually resulted from a deal between Vladimir and the Byzantine Emperor. Vladimir agreed to convert to Christianity and send the emperor 6,000 soldiers to defend his throne; in exchange, Vladimir would marry the ...
- Becky Little
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. According to the traditional account presented in The Russian Primary Chronicle, it was founded by the Viking Oleg, ruler of Novgorod from about 879.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 3, 2018 · Were the Kievan Rus Vikings? The Kievan Rus dynasty had Viking origins but quickly intermarried with the local Slavic population. What were the Kievan Rus known for? The Kievan Rus are at the origin of modern-day Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.
Kievan Rus', [a] [b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [c] [7] [8] was a state and later an amalgam of principalities [9] in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [10] The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [11] [12 ...
