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The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest such as Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov (30,000 inhabitants). The Mongol siege and sack of Kiev in 1240 is generally held to mark the end of Kievan Rus' as a distinct, singular polity.
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil; c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015.
Oleg is narrated to have succeeded Rurik as the ruler of Novgorod in 879. In 881–882, he took control of Smolensk, and then seized power in Kiev by tricking and slaying Askold and Dir, and setting himself up as prince in Kiev, which is commonly taken as the founding of Kievan Rus'.
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.
Ucraineană (72,15%) Rusă (25,27%) Alte limbi (0,22%) Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației orașului Kiev era vorbitoare de ucraineană (72,15%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (25,27%). Economie [modificare | modificare sursă] Din punct de vedere economic, Kiev a realizat 17,8% din produsul intern brut al Ucrainei, în anul 2008 fiind pe primul loc ...
Igor ( Church Slavonic: Игорь; [1] [a] Old Norse: Ingvarr; [2] c. 877 – 945) [3] [4] [5] was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. [6] Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod and died in 879 while Igor was an infant. [7] According to the Primary Chronicle, Rurik was succeeded by Oleg, who ...
The Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' was a metropolis of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church that was erected in 1441. [a] The canonical territory was the western part of the traditional Kievan Rus' lands — the states of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.
