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The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia until 1917. Russia expanded a lot during the 17th century, including the first Russian colonization of the Pacific in the mid-17th century, the Russo-Polish War (1654–67), and the Russian conquest of Siberia. Russia gained most of its territory from Siberia. [68]
tyler burden, you suggested they be added as a germanic-slavic hybrid ethnic group of viking people (varangians) but when i did add the info you requested, then doug weller removed it. you said i cant call them slavs and melik said i cant call them germanics. either that or an (originally germanic, later slavic) similar type scenario if you can ...
The Carpathian Rusyns, Ukrainians (once called Ruthenians or Little Russians), Belarusians (once called White Russians) and Russians (Great Russians) are descendants of the Russichi, the people of Rus', that is East Slavs who mixed with other peoples over centuries, including in the south with Iranian and later with Germanic peoples, in the ...
Carpathian Rus', or Carpathian Ruthenia, an East Slavic historical region inhabited mostly by Rusyns (Rusynia), and a 1918–1919 provisional autonomous region, known as the "Rusyn Land". Subcarpathian Rus', or Carpathian Ruthenia, an administrative region of the First Czechoslovak Republic. Western Rus (disambiguation)
Lech, Czech and Rus' ( Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles (or Lechites ), the Czechs, and the East Slavs ( Belarusians, Russians, Rusyns, and Ukrainians ), particularly Lechite Polans and Ruthene Polans.
A miniature from the Spassky Gospels, Yaroslavl, made in the 1220s. The culture of Kievan Rus' spans the cultural developments in Kievan Rus' from the 9th to 13th century of the Middle Ages. The Kievan monarchy came under the sphere of influence of the Byzantine Empire, one of the most advanced cultures of the time, and adopted Christianity ...
Kievan Rus' law. Kievan Rus' law [1] [2] [3] or law of Kievan Rus ', [4] also known as old Russian law [5] or early Russian law, [6] was a legal system in Kievan Rus' (since the 9th century), in later Rus' principalities, and in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 13th century. [7] Its main sources were early Slavic customary law and Zakon ...
