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 ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...

11th century - Kievan Rus reaches its peak under Yaroslav the Wise (grand prince 1019-1054), with Kyiv becoming eastern Europe's chief political and cultural centre.

The Vydubickiy Monastery in Kyiv was established in the late 11th century during the time of the Kyivan Rus. Gusty / Alamy Stock Photo The Kyivan Rus The Principality of Kyiv was founded on the ...

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.

To justify his designs on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly referred to what Russians call the Kievan Rus. He sees this Orthodox medieval state which centred around the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended celebrations in Kyiv marking the 1,025th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Kievan Rus. Moldovan President Nikolae Timofti and Serbian ...

Devastating raids by the Pechenegs, a nomadic Turkic people, plagued early Kievan Rus’. In the 11th century, the archbishop Theophylact of Bulgaria wrote the following about them: ...

11th century - Kievan Rus reaches its peak under Yaroslav the Wise (grand prince 1019-1054), with Kyiv becoming eastern Europe's chief political and cultural centre.