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The rise and fall of Kievan Rus, from Igor's brutal death to the conquest that shocked Byzantium

From the savage murder of Grand Prince Igor to his son Sviatoslav's annihilation of the Khazar Khaganate and devastating wars ...
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How Swedish Vikings Founded the Kievan Rus

Long before Ukraine was a modern nation, Viking warriors from Sweden laid the foundations of a medieval Slavic state—the Kievan Rus. Drawn east by silver from the Islamic Caliphate, these Norsemen ...
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When the Byzantine Empire Fought the Early Russians Over Crimea

Crimea was a key site of conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the early Russian people, the Rus', in the Middle Ages.
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Russian enamels : Kievan Rus to Fabergé / Anne Odom ; introduction by William R. Johnston

Catalog of an exhibition organized by the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Md., and the Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C., held at the Walters Art Gallery, Nov. 17 ...