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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...

Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. While the Vikings of Norway and Denmark from the 8th to 11th centuries are widely recognized as fearsome raiders and...

Rus burial mounds dating to the 8-1oth century CE near Straraja Ladoga, Russia.

Rus army at the walls of Constantinople, miniature from Radziwiłł Chronicle (aka Königsberg Chronicle) fol 14v, early 13th century. Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

John I Tzimiskes was Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976 CE. Although he took the throne by murdering his predecessor Nikephoros II Phokas, John was a popular emperor. A skilled general and a competent politician, he is known for expanding...

Russkaya Pravda aka Rus' Truth or Rus' Justice, law code of the Kievan Rus, compiled in the 11th and 12th centuries.

Map of Kievan Rus territories during the feudal split, after the death of Prince Yaroslav the Wise in 1054 CE.

A trial in times of Rus' Truth (Russkaya Pravda), watercolour by Ivan Bilibin, 1890s.

Knyaz's Court, oil on canvas by Vasily Surikov, 1874. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

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