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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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    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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    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 architecture of Russia refers to the architecture of modern Russia as well as the architecture of both the original Kievan Rus', the Russian principalities...
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    Ukrainian architecture has initial roots in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', the distinct architectural history...
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    made of stone while some were also wood framed. Architecture of Kievan Rus' Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School Byzantine architecture Medieval...
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    The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities such as Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Pereyaslavl and...
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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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    Slavs lived. The name Garðaríki was applied to the newly formed state of Kievan Rus', and the ruling Norsemen along with local Finnic tribes gradually assimilated...
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    of Finland, was a part of Russian Empire) In some Russian towns, there also were earlier examples of wooden architecture, the architecture of Kievan Rus'...
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    Palace of the Porphyrogenitus Architecture portal Architectural style Architecture of the Tarnovo Artistic School Architecture of Kievan Rus' Byzantine...
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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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    were part of the Kievan Rus' civilization, which is considered to be the progenitor of modern Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. The Principality of Polotsk...
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    principality that was established during the disintegration of Kievan Rus'. In historiography, the territory of the grand principality and the principalities that...
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    to 943, when Igor was the prince of Kievan Rus', according to the Primary Chronicle. During the 943 expedition, the Rus' rowed up the Kura River, deep into...
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    1171. Andrey's attempts to control other parts of Kievan Rus' were barely successful either; his Siege of Novgorod (1170) was a failure, and the Suzdalians...
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    fluid, with the Byzantines alternatively on the offensive or defensive. Kievan Rus', who appeared near Constantinople for the first time in 860, constituted...
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  • This is a complete list of the currently existing buildings created in the Kievan Rus' before the Mongol invasions of the 1230s. Almost all these buildings...
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    These buildings were created mostly in wood, and referred to the Architecture of Kievan Rus'. One example is the Teremok House in Talashkino (1901–1902) by...
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    it was one of the three most important powers to emerge from the collapse of Kievan Rus'. Roman the Great united the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia...
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    Onion dome (category Architecture in Russia)
    Russia has had lengthy cultural exchange. Byzantine churches and architecture of Kievan Rus were characterized by broader, flatter domes without a special...
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    preserves many structural and decorative elements of architecture of Kievan Rus', reworked under the influence of the Baroque in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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    populous subgroup of the Slavs. They speak the East Slavic languages, and formed the majority of the population of the medieval state Kievan Rus', which they...
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    followed with the official adoption in 988 by Vladimir the Great of Kievan Rus'. The process of Christianising the West Slavs was more gradual and complicated...
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    Russians (redirect from People of Russia)
    ancestry is based in Kievan Rus'. The Russian word for the Russians is derived from the people of Rus' and the territory of Rus'. Russians share many...
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    Rus' Park") is a historical park and cultural center celebrating the Kievan Rus', near Kyiv, Ukraine. The park is a venue for shows, cultural and historical...
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    is a style of Kievan Rus' and Romanesque architecture that developed on the territory of Ciscarpathia during the reign of Rostislavichi of Galicia. It...
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    beginnings to the Christianization of Kievan Rus' at Kiev in 988 AD. In 1316 the Metropolitan of Kiev changed his see to the city of Vladimir, and in 1322 moved...
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    Varangians (redirect from Varangian Rus)
    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...
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