century to describe the period when Kiev was at the center. At its greatest extent in the mid-11th century, Kievan Rus' stretched from the White Sea in the...

proceeded to baptize his family and people in Kiev. The latter events are traditionally referred to as baptism of Rus' (Russian: Крещение Руси; Ukrainian: Хрещення...

The Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' (Russian: Митрополит Киевский и всея Руси, romanized: Mitropolit Kiyevskiy i vseya Rusi; Ukrainian: Митрополит Київський...

Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna (c. 1030 – 1075) was a princess of Kievan Rus who became Queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. She ruled...

the ecclesiastical title "Metropolitan of Kiev and all Rus'” was used for the head of the church based in Kiev until the metropolitan see moved to Moscow...

fragmentation of the Kievan Rus' in the early 12th century. As a result of that process, the effective rule of the grand princes of Kiev was gradually reduced...

Rus' as regent on behalf of their son Sviatoslav. She was the first woman to rule Kievan Rus'. Little is known about Olga's tenure as ruler of Kiev,...

Sviatoslav's mother Olga reigned as regent in Kiev until 962. His decade-long reign over the Kievan Rus' was marked by rapid expansion into the Volga...

985 or 986 in his The Complete History "Rus". Encyclopaedia of Islam The Earliest Mediaeval Churches of Kiev, Samuel H. Cross, H. V. Morgilevski and K...

the Wise, was a Varangian prince of the Rus' who became prince of Kiev, and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state. According to the Primary Chronicle...

Kievan Rus' among his five sons in his testament, willed the Principality of Chernigov to Sviatoslav. Sviatoslav joined his brothers, Iziaslav of Kiev and...

as "Khāqān-i Rus". Abu Saʿīd Gardīzī (died 1061), Zayn al-Akhbār (11th century), also referred to "Khāqān-i Rus". (2a) Hilarion of Kiev's 11th-century...

(c. 845–912), Rurikid prince who ruled 882–912 Olga of Kiev (c. 900–969), a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960 Nicholas Pritzker...

preferred to fight. The Rus' flotilla defeated the Byzantine fleet but was almost destroyed by a storm and came back to Kiev empty-handed. To defend his...

were led by Jebe and Subutai, and a coalition of several Rus' principalities, including Kiev and Galicia-Volhynia, and the Cumans under Köten. They were...

becoming a nun and another, Eupraxia of Kiev, marrying Emperor Henry IV. The Cumans again invaded Kievan Rus' in 1068. The three brothers united their...

became the sole ruler of Rus'. In 980, Vladimir returned with the Varangian mercenaries and attacked Yaropolk. On his way to Kiev, Vladimir seized Polotsk...

Batu Khan destroyed the forces of the Rus vassals, the Chorni Klobuky, who were on their way to relieve Kiev, and the entire Mongol army camped outside...

Years'), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been originally compiled in or near Kiev in the 1110s. Tradition ascribed...

conquered Kiev and created the state of Kievan Rusʹ (which may have been preceded by the Rusʹ Khaganate). Arabic-language sources for the Rus' people are...

Principality of Chernigov, returned to Rus' and settled in Kiev as a missionary of the monastic tradition to Kievan Rus'. He chose a cave at the Berestov Mount...

metropolis split from the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' because the previous metropolitan — Isidore of Kiev — had accepted the Union of Florence. Seventeen...

church has its origins in the Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' that was erected on the territory of Kievan Rus'. It existed between 988 AD and 1596 AD. Canonically...

Adelaide of Kiev, c.1070-1109 (subscription required) Praxedis-Adelheid von Kiev, Deutsche Deutsche Königin (in German) Women of Ancient Rus (in Russian)...

its beginnings to the Christianization of Kievan Rusʹ at Kiev in 988 AD. In 1316 the Metropolitan of Kiev changed his see to the city of Vladimir, and in...

and upon his death, as the chronicler put it, "the land of Rus was torn apart". He died in Kiev, aged 55. After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate...

hypothetical polity known as the Rus' Khaganate. Rurik's relative Oleg conquered Kiev in 882 and established the state of Kievan Rus', which was later ruled by...

The Rus'–Byzantine War of 941 took place during the reign of Igor of Kiev. The first naval attack was driven off and followed by another, successful offensive...

("Voyage to Ruthenia"). In Kievan Rus', the name Rus', or Rus'ka zemlia (land of Rus'), described the lands between Kiev, Chernihiv and Pereyaslav, corresponding...

medieval East Slavic state, centered in Kiev Rus' Khaganate, a ninth-century Eastern European state Ruthenia Vladimirian Rus', or Vladimir-Suzdal, an East Slavic...