In this documentary, we look at the origins of the Kievan Rus. The Vikings who assailed the shores of Britain and France were mostly Norwegian or Danish. But Viking adventurers from Sweden were ...

The Kievan Rus later collapsed under the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. This is the area which Ivar finds himself in during the latest series of Vikings, encountering the brutal Oleg. Trending ...

A chronology of key events in the history of Ukraine, from 1917 to the present. ... 11th century - Kievan Rus reaches its peak under Yaroslav the Wise (grand prince 1019-1054), ...

Kievan Rus’, a huge ancient state of Eastern Slavs that at the end of the first millennium AD spanned the vast territories of contemporary Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, was christened by Grand ...

Throughout history, there have been Russian rulers who have believed in their mission to “gather the Russian lands”, the land of the Rus. Others have simply used the idea to justify Russia’s ...