The lands of Kievan Rus' were mostly made up of forests and steppes (see East European forest steppe and Central European mixed forests), while its main rivers all originated in the Valdai Hills: the Dnieper, and primarily populated by Slavic and Finnic tribes. [142]

2025年3月19日 · Ukraine: Kyivan (Kievan) Rus Volodymyr’s reign heralded the beginning of the golden age of Kyivan Rus, but that era’s brilliance rested on an unsteady base, as the connection between the state and its subject peoples remained loose.

The first onslaught of the nomadic Mongols, a collection of Turkic tribes who originated in present-day Mongolia, took them to the southern steppes of Russia. Some of the Kievan princes joined forces to defend their territory against the Mongols, but …

2018年12月3日 · Kievan Rus (862-1242) was a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, and part of Russia (the latter named for the Rus, a Scandinavian people). The name Kievan Rus is a modern-day (19th century) designation but has the same meaning as 'land of the Rus,' which is how the region was known in the Middle Ages.

The Golden Age of Kyivan Rus´ is a MAPA project that aims to present and describe the artistic and literary endeavors that emerged during that period of almost three centuries and shaped the medieval culture of one of the most successful Slavic polities of the European Middle Ages.

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The great medieval empire of the Kievan Rus covered the territories of present-day European Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This map shows the influence of the Byzantine Empire on the settlement region of the Kievan Rus.

This map displays a Soviet author's interpretation of the Medieval state of Kievan Rus in the 9th-11th centuries. Although the origins of Kievan Rus are widely debated, it is traditionally considered to have been founded by Varangians (Vikings) in the late 800s.

The great medieval empire of the Kievan Rus covered the territories of present-day European Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This map shows the influence of the Byzantine Empire on the settlement region of the Kievan Rus.