Kyivan Rus' Period

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Kyivan Rus' Period

Kyvian Rus’ start of getting it name from city called Kyiv where it was located spread from the Black Sea to the White Sea, also to the Carpathians through the Volga River. Being close to the water it gave the people easy access to do trades by water which made Kyvian Rus’s people a great income and also protect the them from enemies. Also living so close to the water gave them a well develops land for agriculture, so trading was easy to access and to distribute to others.

the conversion of Kyivan Rus
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The Kyvian Rus’ went though many ruler that brought devastation and peaceful ruling during this period. The first ruler were Askold and Dyr but in 882 Prince Olen attacked and was destroyed them. Prince Olen after defeating the Khazars , he did not stop this higher hand luck and he conquered Constantinople. He also made a great trading agreement that built a strong relationship with Byzantine Empire. Prince Ihor was next in line to rule kyvian Rus’s where he married princess Olha they rule till 945 when prince Ihor was killed. Princess Olha took over the rule till her son was of age to take the throne but while she was in rule she converted to Christianity and hope that her son would follow her foot step. When she finally took over in 962 sons Prince Sviatoslav didn’t follow his mother foot step but still brought peace to his people. Now the one that did follow Princess Olha was her grandson Prince Volodymyr who not only converts to Christianity which he brought his people to convert and baptized. After the death Yaroslav the wise rule in 1054 the line keeps moving down till there was three son split the land and through 1125 though 1132. Soon after the mongol attack and destroy the great work that this line as built for their people.

Volodymyr ...
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Prince Volodymyr the Great

Prince Volodymyr was the son of Prince Sviatoslav. Princess Olha was the first ruler to convert to Christianity and hope that once her son came to rule that he would follow her lead. Even though her son didn’t, her grandson Prince Volodymyr did convert to Christianity. Now he may have done it because he wanted to marry the emperor of Byzantine daughter Princess Anna and also gain respect from the Byzantine because the people thought that the slav were barbarian. Which in the end the Princess Anna realizes that they were not barbarian and decided to married Prince Volodymyr in which earns the respect he seeks from her.

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The Slav religion was Pagan but when Prince Volodymyr converts to Christian he made it the official religion and had the people also converts and baptized. Some of the people still had belief of pagan but had to hide it for the prince wanted all that involve of pagan burn and 400 Christian churches to his state build. When Prince Volodymyr died, his son Prince Yaroslav the wise rule took over. Volodymyr soon became a saint and also known as “Great, Equal to the Apostles” and also called Prince Volodymyr the great.

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The Slavic tribes

Kyiv became the political center of the Eastern Slavs. The Slavic people were divided in West Slavic, East Slavic, And South Slavic. First starting with the West Slavic was the population consists of the polish, Slovak and Czech, and Sorbian. The East Slavic population of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian. The last tribe was the south Slavic that was populated with Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian. The East Slavic brought a leader from another tribe to come a lead them under the ruled by Prince Oleg in the state Kyiv. Eastern slavic came together to a place that brought many of the divided tribe together called Kyivan Rus’. In this time The Eastern Slav invited Oleg to lead their people, some say he was a Swedish Viking and some believe that he was actually a Slavic. Prince Oleg brought the different tribe together under his rule at the state of Kyiv Rus’. In the end Prince Ihor son Prince Sviatoslav brought more tribe that was still not a part of the state together under the now of the powerful state.

Reference

1.http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?AddButton=pages\K\Y\KyivanRushDA.htm.

2. http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/dba108.html, By Chris Brantley and David Kuijt. Last Updated: April 14 , 1999

3. http://www.ukraine-travel-advisor.com/ukraine-history.html. copyright 2006-07.Ukraine-travel-advisor.com

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