The Rus ', [a] also known as Russes, [2] [3] were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present …

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.

Rus, ancient people who gave their name to the lands of Russia and Belarus. Their origin and identity are much in dispute. Traditional Western scholars believe them to be Scandinavian …

In the 13th–14th centuries, parts of the core Rus' land and many of southwestern Rus' principalities were united under the power of the Kingdom of Rus' or Ruthenia (Latin: Regnum …

Jul 1, 2020 · The Kievan Rus’ were a powerful people created by Viking invaders who ruled the Slavic tribes around the Baltic Sea and, in a way, became Slavs themselves.

The Rus ' were a group of Norsemen from Sweden who settled in modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and northwestern Russia. Their name comes from the word Ruotsi, an Old Norse term …

As far back as the end of the 19th century, N. M. Karamzin and Mykhailo Hrushevsky, reflecting respectively the traditional Russian, and nascent Ukrainian perspectives, debated over the …

Dec 21, 2020 · Who were the Kievan Rus and what do they have to do with the Vikings? When the Vikings burst forth from Scandinavia, they didn't only head west to Brtain. Heading east, …

According to the Russian Primary Chronicle (ca. 1040-1118 AD), the Rus were a group of "Varangians," possibly of Swedish origin, who had a leader named Rurik.

The Rus’ were a proud and unique people of mixed ethnic and cultural origin. They took to state-building along the many rivers of Eastern Europe – chiefly the Volga and the Dnieper. Their …