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Feb 23, 2023 · EXPLAINER. Russia and Ukraine: the tangled history that connects—and divides—them. Centuries of bloodshed, foreign domination, and internal divisions have left Ukraine in a precarious position...
- Eve Conant
- The Emergence of The Kyivan Rus State
- The Importance of Kyiv
- The Mongol Invasion
- The Pull of Russia
Today, Kyiv is the capital city of Ukraine. A millennium ago, it was the heart of what is known as the Kyivan Rus state. Between the 8th and 11th centuries, Norse traders sailed the river routes from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Predominantly Swedish in origin, they found their way to the Byzantine Empireand even attacked Persia from the Caspian Se...
The Rus tribes are the ancestors of those who still bear their name today, the Russian and Belarussian people, as well as those of Ukraine. Kyiv was referred to by the 12th century as the ‘mother of Rus cities’, effectively denoting it as the capital of the Kyivan Rus state. The rulers of the region were styled Grand Princes of Kyiv. This associati...
In 1223, the irresistible expansion of the Mongol Hordereached the Kyivan Rus state. On 31 May, the Battle of the Kalka River was fought, resulting in a decisive Mongol victory. Although the horde left the region after the battle, the damage had been done, and they would return in 1237 to complete the conquering of Kyivan Rus. This began the break ...
Cossacks, who are mostly closely linked with Kyiv and Ukraine, began to resist the control of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and rebelled in favour of joining Russia. Under the Grand Princes of Moscow, since 1371, Russia had been slowly forming from disparate states. The process was completed in the 1520s under Vasily III. A Russian state appea...
Mar 26, 2022 · Published March 26, 2022 Updated April 13, 2022. Two former republics of the Soviet Union — Russia and Ukraine — are once again in conflict. Here are some pivotal moments in the years leading...
Feb 12, 2022 · Russia's recognition of the two regions' independence set the stage for moving its troops into Ukraine. Read on to understand how Ukraine came to where it is today. The 1990s: Independence...
- Becky Sullivan
May 6, 2023 · Here's the story of Ukraine and Russia's long and turbulent relationship over the past 1,000 years, from Medieval Rus to the First Tsars, the Imperial Era to the USSR and in the Post-Soviet Era.
Mar 15, 2022 · Ukraine emerged as a defined region, with its own distinct ethnic identity, from the 17th to 19th centuries, but remained linked to the Russian Empire during that time, and later to the USSR.
Russia–Ukraine relations. There are currently no diplomatic or bilateral relations between Russia and Ukraine. The two states have been at war since Russia invaded the Crimean peninsula in February 2014, and Russian-controlled armed groups seized Donbas government buildings in May 2014.
