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History of kievan rus pdf Continue Former federation of East Slavic and Finn tribes for other historical states, known as Russia, see Russian Rus-Kiev Rus Рѹсь (Old-East Slavslawian)879-1240Map later Kievan Rus (after the death of Yaroslav I in 1054). Capital Novgorod (879-882), Kiev (882-1240)Common languagesProd. East Slavic Slavic Paganism (Reformed) Orthodoxy of the Scandinavian Paganism of the Ural Pagan governmentMprechem Prince of Kiev - 879-912 (first) Oleg Pro seer' 1236-1240 (last) Michael Chernigovsky Prince of the SovietHistory - Founded 879 Conquest Hazara Haganate 965-969 988 Russian Truth in the early 11th century Mongolian invasion of Russia' 1240 Area1000'1'1,330,000 km2 (510,000 sq m)Population 1000 x 5 CurrencyGrivna Precedes successfully Slavic Krivici Miracle Volga Finns Drevics Radimihs Polyans (East) Severians Drevitians Vyatichy Volgins White Croatia Tiversi Ulic Principality of Kiev Novgorod Republic Principality Chernigovskaya The Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, the Principality of Volyn, the Principality of Volyn, the Principality of Smolensk, of the Principality of Ryazan or Kiev, (Old-East- Slavic: Рѹсь, Romanized: Rusĭ, or рѹсьскаѧ землѧ, rusĭskaę zeml) was a free federation of East Slavic and Finn-Ugric peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the middle of the 13th century, during the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty. Modern peoples of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine claim that Kiev Rus is their cultural ancestors, and Belarus and Russia get their names from it. Until the 16th century, Russia was ruled by the Rurikid dynasty. Most of the time, in the mid-11th century, it stretched from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the Vistula mice in the west to the Taman Peninsula in the east, uniting most of the East Slavic tribes. According to the Primary Chronicle of Russia, the first ruler who began the unification of the East Slavic lands in such a well-known Kievan Rus was Prince Oleg (879-912). He extended his control from the south of Novgorod along the Dnipro Valley to protect trade from Hazara incursions from the east, and moved his capital to a more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of the territorial control of Kievan Rus, riding the war of conquest against the Hazara. Vladimir the Great (980-1015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and by his decree extended it to all Kievans and beyond. Kievan Rus reached its greatest scale under Yaroslav Wise (1019-1054); his sons gathered and issued their first written legal code, Russian Justice, shortly after his death. The condition began to decline at the end of the 11th century, and century, disintegrating into various rival regional powers. It was further weakened by economic factors, such as the collapse of Russia's trade ties with the Byzantine Empire due to the decline of Constantinople and the accompanying decline of trade routes through its territory. The state finally fell on the Mongolian invasion of the 1240s. The title of the main al-Ras), in Greek as Ῥωσία, in old-French, like Russie, Rossie, in Latin, like Russia or Russia (with local German spelling versions of Ruscia and Ruzzia), and from the 12th century also اﻟﺮوس :articles: Russia (title) and Ruthenia During its existence Kievan Rus was known as the land of Russia (Old-East-Slavyan: рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ, from the ethnonymish Рѹ́ сь; Greek: Ῥῶς; Arabic Rution or Ruthenia. Various etymologists were proposed, including Ruotsi, a Finnish designation for Sweden, and Ros, a tribe from the mid-range region of the Dnipro Valley. In the Scandinavian sources of the saga, the principality is called the Garariki, and the peoples, according to Snorre Sturlason, are called Suiones, the confederation of the Great Swioche (josh means that the people in The Scandinavian; cf. etymology of Sweden) were made of peoples along the Dnipro called Tanais, which divided Asia and Europe (called Enea S8norri Sturluson), all the way to the Baltics. The term Kievan Rus (Russian: Kievskaya, romanticized: Kievan Rus) was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the center was in Kiev. In English, the term was coined in the early 20th century, when it was found in 1913 in the English translation of Vasily Klyuchevsky's History of Russia to distinguish early statehood from the successor states that were also named Russia. Later the Russian term was put on the Belarusian language: Kieskaya, romanticized: Kievan Rus or Kijeŭskaja Russ, Rusin: Kiivska, Romanized: Kievskaya Rus and Ukrainian: Kiyvska, Romanized: Kievan Rus, respectively. The terms Ancient Ukraine and Ancient Russia are not politically correct, as they infringe on the Belarusian people, allegedly raising the hierarchical status of one of the two modern states involved in the conflict since 2014, respectively. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian version of history was based on the history of Ukraine-Rusi, with its perception of Galicia-Volynskaya Rus as the main successor to Kievan Rus after its collapse, and not Vladimir-Suzdal Rus (with Moscow), leaving the former imperial and Soviet versions, along with all Russian Irdedian ideology. The history of origin before the advent of Kievan Rus in the 9th century AD, the land between the Baltic and Black Seas was mostly inhabited by Eastern Slavic tribes. In the northern part of the around Novgorod were ilmen Slavs and neighboring Krivici, who occupied the territories adjacent to the capes of Western Dvina, Dnipro and Volga. In the north, in the Ladoga and Karelian districts, there were Finns of the miracle tribe. In the south, in the area around Kiev, were Polyana, a group of Slavic tribes with Iranian origin, a tree to the west of Dnipro, and Severian in the east. To their north and east were Vyatichi, and to their south were forest lands inhabited by Slavic peasants, took them to the steppe lands inhabited by nomadic shepherds. An approximate ethnolinguistic map of Kievan Rus in the 9th century: five Volga Finn groups of Meryi, Maria, Muromtsev, Meshcheri and Mordvinov are shown surrounded by Slavs in the west; three Finnish groups Veps, Ests and Miracle, and indo-European Baltics in the north-west; Permians in the northeast (Turkish) Bulgars and Hazaras in the southeast and south. Disputes over whether the Russians were Varangians or Slavs continue. This uncertainty is largely attributable to the lack of modern sources. Attempts to resolve this issue are instead based on archaeological evidence, stories by foreign observers, and legends and literature centuries later. To some extent, the disputes are connected with the fundamental myths of the modern states of the region. According to most scholars, the Varangians were Norman merchants consisting of Vikings, Danes and Balts, while Russian and Ukrainian historians-nationalists usually claim that the Russians themselves were Slavs. Normanist theories focused on the earliest written source for the Eastern Slavs, the Original Chronicle, although even this story was not produced until the 12th century. Nationalist stories suggest that the Russians were present before the arrival of the Varangians, and that only a handful of Scandinavian words can be found in modern Russian language, and that Scandinavian names in the early chronicles were soon replaced by Slavic names. It is an indisputable fact that the close ties between Russia and the Normans are indisputable, as evidenced both by Slavic settlements in present-day Sweden and by a large number of Slavic in Scandinavian languages. Given the linguistic arguments mounted by nationalist scholars, if the proto-Russians were Scandinavians, they had to quickly become nativist by adopting Slavic languages and other cultural customs. Ahmad ibn Fadlan, an Arab traveller during the 10th century, presented one of the earliest written descriptions of Russia: They are tall, like a date palm, blonde and ruddy, so they do not need to wear a tunic or a cloak; rather the men among them wear clothes that cover only half of his body and leaves one of his hands free. Lutprand from Cremona, who was twice the messenger court (949 and 968), defines Russ with Scandinavian (Russ, whom we call norsemen by a different name), but explains the name as a Greek term pertaining to their physical traits (a certain people, composed of a part of the Scandinavian, which the Greeks call . Leo Deacon, a Byzantine historian and chronicler of the 10th century, calls Russia Scythians and notes that they have generally accepted Greek rituals and customs. But Scythians in Greek are used mainly as a general term for nomads. Invitation of the Varangians Invitation of the Varangians Victor Vasnetsov: Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor arrive on the lands of the Ilmen Slavs. According to the Original Chronicle, the territories of the Eastern Slavs in the 9th century were divided between the Varangians and the Hazaras. Varyags were first mentioned as a tribute to Slavic and Finnish tribes in 859. In 862, the Finn and Slavic tribes in the Novgorod region rebelled against the Varangians, thawing them back to the sea and, refusing further tribute, intended to govern themselves. However, the tribes had no laws, and soon they started a war with each other, prompting them to invite the Varangians to return to rule them and bring peace to the region: they said to themselves, Let's look for a prince who can rule us, and judge us by the law. Accordingly, they went abroad to VarangIan Rus. ... Miracles, Slavs, curvature and scales then said to Russia: Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us. Thus, they chose three brothers with their kinfolks, who took with them all Russians and migrated.- Primary Chronicle Three brothers - Rurik, Blue and Truvor - proved themselves in Novgorod, Belozer and Izborsk, respectively.