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Kievan Rus', [a][b] also known as Kyivan Rus ', [6][7] was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities [8] in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. [9][10] Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, [11][12] and Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by ...
The inner Principality of Kiev[a] was a medieval principality centered on the city of Kiev. The principality was formed during the process of political fragmentation of the Kievan Rus' in the early 12th century. As a result of that process, the effective rule of the grand princes of Kiev was gradually reduced to central regions of Kievan Rus ...
English: Map of the Kievan Rus in 1237. The names of tribes and peoples are in bold and yellow, the names of countries outside the Kievan Rus are in bold and black. The names of principalities of the Kievan Rus are in blue; if a principality bears a name which comes directly from the name of its capital (e.g. the Principality of Kiev), the complete name of the principalty is not on the map and ...
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered much of Kievan Rus' in the mid-13th century, sacking numerous cities including the largest: Kiev (50,000 inhabitants) and Chernigov (30,000 inhabitants). The siege of Kiev in 1240 by the Mongols is generally held to mark the end of the state of Kievan Rus', [1][2] which had already been undergoing ...
The Principality of Pereyaslavl (Ukrainian: Переяславське князівство; Russian: Переяславское княжество) was a regional principality of Kievan Rus' from the end of 9th century until 1323, based in the city of Pereyaslavl [a] (now Pereiaslav) on the river Trubizh. [b][1]
Composition. Warriors of Vsevolod I of Kiev (11th century) Tribal militia known as voyi formed the basis of the army in Kievan Rus' [1] until the tax reform of Olga of Kiev in the middle of the 10th century. [2] In the subsequent period, under Svyatoslav I of Kiev and Volodimer I of Kiev, druzhyna played a dominant role. [3]
On the reverse of the coin is stamped the princely symbol of Sviatopolk in the form of a , of which the left prong ends in a cross. Throughout the early Middle Ages, the Rurikid knyazes of the Kievan Rus' used unique symbols to denote property rights over various items. They are depicted on punches, seals, and coins of the Rurikids.
The Principality or, from 1253, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, [a] also known as the Kingdom of Ruthenia or Kingdom of Rus/Russia, [2][better source needed][b] was a medieval state in Eastern Europe which existed from 1199 to 1349. Its territory was predominantly located in modern-day Ukraine, with parts in Belarus, Poland, Moldova, and Lithuania.