The Kyivan Rus: Understanding Mediaeval Russia

Join our Discord:   / discord   Support me on Patreon:   / balticempire   In the 10th century emerged one of the most powerful countries of medieval Europe: Rus. Stretching from lake Ladoga to the shores of the Black Sea, it was a conglomerate of cities and tribes connected by inland waterways, and ruled from the metropol of Kiev. Owing to the prominence of this city, the history books often call the dominion: “The Kievan Rus”. Sources: A History of Russia - Nicholas V. Riasonovsky, Mark D. Steinberg De Administrando Imperio - Constantine Porphyrogenitus Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300) - Florin Curta On the Date of the Khazars' Conversion to Judaism and the Chronology of the Kings of the Rus Oleg and Igor - Constantin Zuckerman The Early Slavs - Pavel M. Dolukhanov The Primary Chronicle - Anonymous The Rise and Demise of the Myth of the Rus' Land - Charles J. Halperin The Rus in Arabic Sources: Cultural Contacts and Identity - Thorir Jonsson Hraundal Viking Rus - Wladyslaw Duzcko Why the Vikings first came to Russia - Thomas S. Noonan Words that serve the authority: On the title of Grand Prince in Kievan Rus’ - Andrzej Poppe https://www.oed.com/dictionary/russia... Music by Kevin Macleod of Incompetech: Official heavy heart Evening fall piano Evening fall harp Lone harvest Image credits: st. nicholas cathedral novgorod by alaexis.png #history #ukraine #russia #middleages #medieval #medievalhistory #kievanrus