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c. 880–1240 East Slavic state in Europe

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. During its existence, the state was known as Rus', with the modern compound name, first mentioned in a 1582 Polish text, being widely adopted and popularized by Russian imperial historiography starting from the 19th century. 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. Wikipedia →

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