State

Kievan Rus'

former federation of East Slavic tribes

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882–1240 CE
Founded
882 CE
Ended
1240
Capital
Kyiv
Government
monarchy
Languages
Old East Slavic

Overview

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and, later, an amalgam of principalities, in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, and Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik. The name was coined by Russian historians in the 19th century to describe the period when Kiev was preeminent. At its greatest extent in the mid-11th century, Kievan Rus' stretched from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the Carpathian Mountains in the west to the Taman Peninsula in the east, uniting the East Slavic tribes.

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All rulers (24)

  1. Oleg the Wise882–912 CE
  2. Igor of Kiev912–945 CE
  3. Sviatoslav I of Kiev945–972 CE
  4. Yaropolk I of Kiev972–978 CE
  5. Vladimir the Great980–1015 CE
  6. Sviatopolk I of Kiev1015–1016
  7. Yaroslav the Wise1016–1018
  8. Sviatopolk I of Kiev1018–1019
  9. Yaroslav the Wise1019–1054
  10. Iziaslav I of Kiev1054–1068
  11. Iziaslav I of Kiev1069–1073
  12. Vsevolod I of Kiev1076–1077
  13. Iziaslav I of Kiev1077–1078
  14. Vsevolod I of Kiev1078–1093
  15. Sviatopolk II of Kiev1093–1113
  16. Mstislav I of Kiev1125–1132
  17. Yaropolk II of Kiev1132–1139
  18. Igor II of Kiev1146
  19. Vladimir III Mstislavich1171
  20. Sviatoslav III of Kiev1173
  21. Vsevolod III the Big Nest1173
  22. Sviatoslav III of Kiev1176–1181
  23. Sviatoslav III of Kiev1181–1194
  24. Alexander Nevsky1249–1263

Records (43)

  1. 883 CE — Battle of AbaskunNaval battle
  2. 898 CE — Siege of KyivSiege
  3. 907 CE — Rus'–Byzantine War of 907War
  4. 907 CE — Rus'–Byzantine Treaty of 907Treaty
  5. 941–944 CE — Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944War
  6. 944 CE — Rus'–Byzantine TreatyTreaty
  7. 968 CE — Siege of KyivSiege
  8. 968–969 CE — Rus'–Bulgarian War 968–969War
  9. 970 CE — Battle of ArcadiopolisBattle
  10. 970–971 CE — Rus'–Byzantine War 970–971War
  11. 971 CE — Siege of DorostolonBattle
  12. 971 CE — Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (971)Treaty
  13. 971 CE — Fall of Great PreslavSiege
  14. 971 CE — Battle of DorostalonBattle · Byzantium ▸ Kiev
  15. 977–979 CE — Svyatoslaviches' feudWar
  16. 985 CE — Campaign of Rus' against Volga BulgariaWar
  17. 987–989 CE — Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the YoungerRebellion
  18. 988–989 CE — Rus'–Byzantine WarWar
  19. 992 CE — Battle of TrubizhBattle
  20. 995 CE — Battle of VasilevBattle
  21. 1016 — Battle of LubeczBattle
  22. 1016 — Battle of LiubechBattle · Prince Yaroslav of Novgorod, Varangian Mercenaries ▸ Prince Sviatopolk of Kiev
  23. 1018 — Kiev uprising (1018)Rebellion
  24. 1019 — Battle of AltaBattle
  25. 1028–1031 — German–Polish War of 1028-1031War
  26. 1036 — Siege of KyivBattle
  27. 1043 — Rus'–Byzantine War of 1043War
  28. 1043 — Battle of Iskrest LighthouseNaval battle
  29. 1067 — Battle of NemigaBattle · Kiev ▸ Polotsk
  30. 1068 — Battle of SnovskBattle
  31. 1068 — Battle of AltaBattle · Pechenegs ▸ Kiev
  32. 1069 — Battle of KievBattle · Prince Izieslav, Poland ▸ Vseslav of Polotsk
  33. 1078 — Battle of Nezhatina NivaBattle
  34. 1093 — Battle of the Zhelian RiverBattle
  35. 1093 — Battle of TripoleBattle · Kuman Khanate ▸ Kiev
  36. 1094–1097 — Kievan Rus' Civil War of 1094–1097War
  37. 1094 — Battle of ChernigovBattle · Prince Oleg, Kipchak Turks ▸ Prince Vladimir
  38. 1097–1100 — Kievan Rus' Civil War of 1097–1100War
  39. 1111 — Battle of the Salnitsa riverBattle
  40. 1158–1161 — Civil War in Rus' of 1158-1161War
  41. 1195–1196 — Civil War in Rus of 1195-1196War
  42. 1216 — Battle of LipitsaBattle · Novgorod, Smolensk, Pskov ▸ Vladimir, Suzdal
  43. 1221 — Battle of SudakBattle

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