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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 the...
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  • up Rus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rus or RUS may refer to: East Slavic historical peoples (Русь). See Names of Rus', Russia and Ruthenia Rus' people...
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    The Rus', also known as Russes, were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly...
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    The Christianization of Kievan Rus' was a long and complicated process that took place in several stages. In 867, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople...
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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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  • Rus (born 1950), Spanish politician Daniela L. Rus, Romanian-born, working in US as a roboticist Ioan Rus (born 1955), Romanian politician Iosif Rus,...
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    "Rus'" (Русь) and the "Russian land" (Русская земля, Russkaya zemlya). A new form of the name became common by the 15th century, the vernacular Rus' was...
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  • Ruś may refer to the following places: Ruś, Podlaskie Voivodeship, a village in Łomża County, north-eastern Poland Ruś, Olsztyn County, a village in Warmian-Masurian...
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  • Rusʹ Khaganate (Russian: Русский каганат, Russkiy kaganat, Ukrainian: Руський каганат, Ruśkyj kahanat), or kaganate of Rus is a name applied by some modern...
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    Varangians (redirect from Varangian Rus)
    Ukraine from the 8th and 9th centuries, and established the state of Kievan Rus' as well as the principalities of Polotsk and Turov. They also formed the...
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  • Rüs is a 1990 role-playing game published by Rus Games. Rüs is a game in which the Russia of modern-day has been taken back to a mythical version of 900...
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  • Rus' land may refer to: Ruthenia, a designation for the historical lands of the Rus' Rus' land (Rus' chronicles) [uk], a term used in Rus' chronicles...
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    The Rus' chronicle, Russian chronicle: 51  or Rus' letopis (Old East Slavic: лѣтопись, romanized: lětopisʹ) was the primary Rus' historical literature...
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    Little Russia (redirect from Mala Rus')
    Little Russia, also known as Lesser Russia, Malorussia, Little Rus', and the French equivalent Petite Russie, is a geographical and historical term used...
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  • Rus' or Duchy of Rus' may refer to: Principality of Halychian Rus', an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Halych Principality of Volhynian Rus'...
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    Holy Rus' or Holy Russia (Russian: Святая Русь, romanized: Svyatáya Rusʹ) - is an important religious and philosophical concept which appeared from the...
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  • Western Rus' may refer to: western regions of Kievan Rus', including: Halychian Rus', an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Halych Volhynian Rus', an...
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    Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who...
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  • Adrian Rus (born 18 March 1996) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie B club Pisa and the Romania national team. Rus started...
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    Ruthenia (redirect from Rus' (region))
    used in Medieval Latin, as one of several terms for Kievan Rus'. Originally, the term Rus' land referred to a triangular area, which mainly corresponds...
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  • Carpathian Rus/Ruthenia (Czech and Slovak: Karpatská Rus) and, occasionally, Hungarian Rus/Ruthenia (Czech: Uherská Rus; Slovak: Uhorská Rus).[citation...
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    Ольга; Old Norse: Helga; c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 957. Following her baptism, Olga took...
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  • Kievan Rus' and the Byzantine Empire: Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (907) Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (911), supplementary agreement to the one of 907 Rus'–Byzantine...
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  • Belaya Rus (Belarusian: Белая Русь, romanized: Bělaja Ruś, lit. 'White Rus'') is a Belarusian political party which was initially founded as a public...
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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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    Red Ruthenia (redirect from Red Rus)
    Red Ruthenia, or Red Rus or Red Russia (Ukrainian: Червона Русь, romanized: Chervona Rus'; Polish: Ruś Czerwona; Latin: Ruthenia Rubra; Russia Rubra;...
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  • Grand Principality of Rus' or Grand Duchy of Rus' may refer to: Grand Principality of Kievan Rus', a medieval state that arised among East Slavs, centered...
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  • Black Ruthenia (redirect from Ruś Czarna)
    (Latin: Ruthenia Nigra), or Black Rus' (Belarusian: Чорная Русь, romanized: Čornaja Ruś; Lithuanian: Juodoji Rusia; Polish: Ruś Czarna), is a historical region...
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    Russia (redirect from RusSia)
    Slavic state, Kievan Rus', arose in the 9th century, and in 988, it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire. Kievan Rus' ultimately disintegrated;...
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    dominus totius Russiae, and around the same time, the form Rus' in Russian was transformed into Rus(s)iia or Ros(s)iia. Vasily III, his son and successor,...
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