own baptism and, by decree, extended it to all inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav the Wise (r. 1019–1054);...
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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...
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The Metropolis of Kiev and all Rus' (Russian: Митрополит Киевский и всея Руси, romanized: Mitropolit Kiyevskiy i vseya Rusi; Ukrainian: Митрополит Київський...
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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...
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Ukraine around the city of Kiev. The principality was formed during the process of political fragmentation of the Kievan Rus' in the early 12th century...
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invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest such as Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov...
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Sviatoslav I (redirect from Svyatoslav of Rus)
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...
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the great prince of Rus', and all those under him[.]"[citation needed] Later, the Primary Chronicle states that they conquered Kiev and created what is...
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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...
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Oleg the Wise (redirect from Oleg of Kiev)
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...
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Kyiv (redirect from Mother of Rusʹ cities)
(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...
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Vladimir the Great (redirect from St Vladimir, Grand Duke of Rus)
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...
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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...
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Battle of the Kalka River (category Battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus')
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...
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Kievan Rus' among his five sons in his testament, willed the Principality of Chernigov to Sviatoslav. Sviatoslav joined his brothers, Iziaslav of Kiev and...
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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...
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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...
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Yaroslav the Wise (redirect from Yaroslav I, Prince of Kiev)
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...
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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...
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List of metropolitans and patriarchs of Moscow (redirect from List of Patriarchs of Moscow and of all Rus)
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...
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Primary Chronicle (redirect from Rus Primary Chronicle)
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...
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of the united state of Rus', and upon his death, as the chronicler put it, "the land of Rus was torn apart". He died in Kiev, aged 55. He is a canonised...
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Eupraxia Vsevolodovna of Kiev (c. 1067 – 10 July 1109) (sometimes westernised as Praxedis; in Old East Slavic Еоупраксиа) was a Holy Roman Empress consort...
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medieval East Slavic state, centered in Kiev Rus' Khaganate, a ninth-century Eastern European state Ruthenia Vladimirian Rus', or Vladimir-Suzdal, an East Slavic...
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(Church Slavonic: Игорь; Old Norse: Ingvarr; c. 877 – 945) was Prince of Kiev from 912 to 945. Traditionally, he is considered to be the son of Rurik,...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Battle of Lemnos (1024) (redirect from Rus'-Byzantine War (1024))
Kievan Rus' troops through the Dardanelles and into the Aegean Sea. It was the penultimate conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Rus'. The only...
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