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    Rus' chronicle or Russian chronicle: 51  or Rus' letopis (Old East Slavic: лѣтопись, romanized: lětopisʹ) was the primary type of Rus' historical literature...
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    Povest' vremennykh let (PVL), lit. 'Tale of Bygone Years'), is a chronicle of Kievan Rus' from about 850 to 1110. It is believed to have been originally...
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    tribes. According to the Primary Chronicle, the first ruler to unite East Slavic lands into what would become Kievan Rus' was Oleg the Wise (r. 879–912)...
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    the Rus' people were converting enthusiastically, but his efforts seem to have entailed no lasting consequences, since the Russian Primary Chronicle and...
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  • tribe called the Swedes. According to the Kievan Rus' Primary Chronicle, compiled in about 1113, the Rus' were a group of Varangians, Norsemen who had relocated...
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    the Rus' people, and in the formation of the Rusʹ Khaganate. The Varangians (Varyags, in Old East Slavic) are first mentioned by the Primary Chronicle as...
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    Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who...
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  • The Lvov Chronicle (Russian: Львовская летопись, romanized: L'vovskaya letopis') is a Rus' chronicle from the 16th century, containing annalistic entries...
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  • Rusʹ Khaganate (Russian: Русский каганат, Russkiy kaganat, Ukrainian: Руський каганат, Ruśkyj kahanat), or kaganate of Rus is a name applied by some modern...
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    ˈlʲetəpʲɪsʲ], commonly abbreviated as NPL) or The Chronicle of Novgorod, 1016–1471 is the oldest extant Rus' chronicle of the Novgorod Republic. Written in Old...
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    The Rus'–Byzantine War of 907 is associated in the Primary Chronicle with the name of Oleg of Novgorod. The chronicle implies that it was the most successful...
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    The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest such as Kiev (50,000...
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  • needed] Rus' chronicles such as the Primary Chronicle are inconsistent in applying the title "grand prince" to various princes in Kievan Rus'. Although...
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    with registration number "34.5.30". The work is a Rus' chronicle which tells the history of Kievan Rus' and its neighbors from the fifth to the early 13th...
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    lʲiˈtɔpɪs]) is a compendium of three Rus' chronicles: the Primary Chronicle, Kievan Chronicle and Galician-Volhynian Chronicle. It is the most important source...
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    attributed to him the Primary Chronicle (PVL), the most revered chronicle of Kievan Rus', which earned him the nickname "the Chronicler". But several modern scholars...
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    Oleg the Wise (category 10th-century princes from Kievan Rus')
    Varangian prince of the Rus' who became prince of Kiev, and laid the foundations of the Kievan Rus' state. According to the Primary Chronicle, he succeeded his...
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    Varangians (redirect from Varangian Rus)
    12th-century Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik. Before Rurik, the Rus' might have...
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  • known as the Chronicle of Vladimir-Suzdal, Suzdal–Vladimirian Chronicle or Laurentian–Radziwiłł–Academic Chronicle (LRAC), is a Rus' chronicle, covering...
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    Vladimir emerged as the sole ruler. The Primary Chronicle records Sviatoslav as the first ruler of the Kievan Rus' with a name of Slavic origin, as opposed...
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    the former. Rus' chronicle Chroniclers of Volyn and Ukraine Hustyn Chronicle Mezhyhirya Chronicle Ostroh Chronicler sometimes Lvov Chronicle АРХІВНА І БІБЛІОГРАФІЧНА...
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    Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who, according to tradition, was invited to reign in Novgorod in the year 862. The Primary Chronicle states that Rurik was...
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  • Kievan Rus' chronicles of the 13th century. These deities were secretly worshiped by King of Lithuania Mindaugas after his baptism. Rus' chronicles are considered...
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  • The Trinity Chronicle (Russian: Троицкая летопись, romanized: Troitskaya letopis', abbreviated TL, Tro, or T) is a Rus' chronicle written in Church Slavonic...
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  • The Kievan Chronicle or Kyivan Chronicle is a chronicle of Kievan Rus'. It was written around 1200 in Vydubychi Monastery as a continuation of the Primary...
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    The Caspian expeditions of the Rus' were military raids undertaken by the Rus' between the late 9th century and c. 1041 on the Caspian Sea shores, of what...
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    Ольга; Old Norse: Helga; c. 890–925 – 11 July 969) was a regent of Kievan Rus' for her son Sviatoslav from 945 until 960. Following her baptism, Olga took...
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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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  • Collection of Chronicles Relating to the History of Southern and Western Rus' (1888). This is a typical example of the so-called short Cossack chronicle of the...
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  • materials from ancient Rus' chronicles, as well as the chronicles of Maciej Stryjkowski and Marcin Bielski. In the Chroniclers of Volyn and Ukraine (LVU)...
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