The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages. In 867, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople told...
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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...
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Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to...
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history of money in Kievan Rus' is divided into two main phases: the period of use of foreign silver coins (from the 9th century to the beginning of the 12th...
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The architecture of Kievan Rus' comes from the medieval state of Kievan Rus' which incorporated parts of what is now modern Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus...
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Varangians (redirect from Varangian Rus)
culminating in the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988. Coinciding with the general decline of the Viking Age, the influx of Scandinavians to Rus' stopped and...
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Vladimir the Great (redirect from St Vladimir, Grand Duke of Rus)
Slavic paganism, Vladimir converted to Christianity in 988, and Christianized the Kievan Rus. Several scholars refer to Vladimir as Volodimer, also spelled...
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a list of wars involving Kievan Rus' (c. 9th century–1240). These wars involved Kievan Rus' (also known as Kyivan Rus') as a whole, or some of its principalities...
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Varangian Guard (category Guards units of the Byzantine Empire)
following the Christianization of Kievan Rus' by Vladimir I of Kiev. Vladimir, who had recently usurped power in Kiev with an army of Varangian warriors...
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regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took the name Elenа. She is known for her subjugation of the...
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Old East Slavic literature (redirect from Old Rus' literature)
reign of Vladimir II Monomakh. With the Christianization of Kievan Rus', church law arose. The most important source of church law in Kievan Rus' was the...
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Primary Chronicle (redirect from Kievan Primary Chronicle)
transcribed Povest' vremennykh let (PVL), lit. 'Tale of Bygone Years'), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been...
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Russian Orthodox Church (redirect from Patriarchate of Moscow and all the Rus')
Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The primate of the ROC is the patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. The Christianization of Kievan Rus'...
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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: Kiev (50,000 inhabitants)...
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metropolis of the Eastern Orthodox Church that was erected on the territory of Kievan Rus'. It existed between 988 AD and 1440s AD. The long lasting "tug of war"...
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Kievan Rus' ornament is a general designation for ornamental patterns characteristic of the culture of Kievan Rus', and partially rooted in its pre-Christian...
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administration of Kievan Rus'. Several decades after the end of Kievan Rus' due to the Mongol invasion in 1237–1241, metropolitan Maximos of Kiev and all Rus' relocated...
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following the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in the 10th century. As the dukes of Lithuania extended their dominion eastwards, the influence of the Slavic...
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The word Rus' referred initially to a group of Scandinavian Vikings, also known as Varangians, who founded the medieval state of Kievan Rus' in Eastern...
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Christianization of Poland (966) Christianization of Kievan Rus' (988) Christianization of Pomerania (1124) Outline of Slavic history and culture Slavic...
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known as the Baptism of Volodimer, and regarded as the highlight of the Christianization of Kievan Rus' (dubbed the Baptism of Rus'). What virtually all...
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the Rus'-Byzantine War of 941 undertaken by Kievan Rus' against Constantinople. Its provisions were less advantageous for the Rus' than those of the previous...
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territory of Ukraine, from the Kievan Rus' times to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Ukraine by Ukrainian military. Kievan Rus' is considered...
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of the Khazar Khaganate (? – c. 880) Kievan Rus' (c. 880–1240) Principality of Kiev 1132–1471 ∟ part of the Kievan Rus' from 1132 to 1240 ∟ part of the...
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sources, precipitated the Christianization of Kievan Rus' back in 988. Bryusova argues that later pious legends confused Vladimir of Novgorod with his more...
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informing factors in explaining the state of irreligiosity. Christianization of Lithuania Christianization of Kievan Rus' Germanic Christianity Heimskringla...
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periods of Russian history. The evolution of this system began with the Christianization of Kievan Rus'. After the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in 988...
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Russkaya Pravda (redirect from Justice of the Rus)
translated as Rus' Justice, Rus' Truth, or Russian Justice) was the legal code of Kievan Rus' and its principalities during the period of feudal fragmentation...
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history of Poland. Catholic Church in Poland Lech, Czech, and Rus Christianization of Bohemia Christianization of Kievan Rus' Dagome Iudex History of Poland...
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the Christianization of Kievan Rus' by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great. Following the establishment of the metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus', by...
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