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Nov 30, 2019 · Kievan Rus (pronounced KeeYEHvan Roos and meaning "Rus of Kyiv") was a group of loosely confederated principalities located in eastern Europe, including much of the modern states of Belarus and Ukraine, and portions of western Russia. The Kievan Rus arose in the 9th century CE, stimulated by the arrival of Norse raiders, and lasted until the ...
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).
Dec 6, 2023 · But in 987, Prince Vladimir I of Kyiv, ruler over Kyivan Rus’, formed an alliance with the Byzantine emperor Basil II, converting from paganism to Christianity and marrying Basil II’s sister Anna in 988. Historical texts describe the subsequent conversion of Vladimir’s formerly pagan subjects by mass baptism in the Dnieper River in Kyiv.
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 ...
May 17, 2018 · Kievan Rus was destroyed by the Mongol invasions of 1237 – 1240. The Kievan Rus era is considered a formative stage in the histories of modern Ukraine and Russia. The process of the formation of the state is the subject of the Normanist controversy. Normanists stress the role of Scandinavian Vikings as key agents in the creation of the state.
Sviatoslav I extended Kievan Rus into the Volga River valley and south to shores of the Black Sea. His son, Vladimir the Great (980–1015), fortified Kievan Rus’s frontiers. His twelve sons were the princes of the largest cities in Rus and it was Vladimir who ordered the mass conversion of Kievan Rus to Orthodox Christianity.
Apr 1, 2022 · When the Kievan Rus collapsed as a state after the Mongol invasion of Europe in 1237-1242, Moscow was an insignificant trading outpost. Over time, a series of princes expanded its borders and Moscow took over as the political and cultural center of the northern Rus lands.
