THE INSIDE STORY
Who- Kiy, Shchek, and Khoriv, leaders of the Polyane tribe.
When-written in the early 1100s.
What-One of the settlements became known as Kiev after Kiy, the oldest brother. The city grew, and Kiy rose in influence
Why- Beacuse its about how a grate city rises.
The Rus and Kiev
Slavs is told in The Russian Primary Chronicle, written during the 1100s
"ur whole land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us.’ They thus selected three brothers, with their kinsfolk, who took with them all the Rus, and migrated.”
—The Russian Primary Chronicle, 860–862 (6368–6370)
Yaroslav became grand prince in 1019 and ruled until 1054
Oleg wanted to extend Kiev to the south, and in 907 he successfully attackedConstantinople.
By the late 900s the Rus had extended their control far beyond Kiev.
he mid-800s, the Slavs along the Dnieper (NEE-puhr) River were fighting among themselves and asked for help from northern Europeans—perhaps Vikings—called the Rus
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Christianity in Russia
On July 15, 1240, Alexander launched a surprise attack against the Swedish camp on the Neva River.
Warfare and trade were not the only ways in which the Byzantine Empire affected Russia. Christianity spread to Russia from the Byzantine Empire.Warfare and trade were not the only ways in which the Byzantine Empire affected Russia. Christianity spread to Russia from the Byzantine Empire.
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Following the schism of 1054, the head of the church in Kiev set up a semi-independent church in Russia
100 years, Christianity was established and claimed an important convert. Grand Duke Vladimir I of Kiev
1240 a band of Swedes invaded Russian territory north of Novgorod.
In 863 a churchman in Constantinople sent two Greek monks to Moravia (now in the Czech Republic) to convert the Slavs to Christianity
The monks, Cyril and Methodius, were brothers.Within some
In 988 Vladimir made Christianity the state religion of Kievan Russia.
Invasion from the Baltic
A German military order of knights called the Teutonic Knights wanted to force Russians to abandon the Orthodox Church and convert to Roman Catholicism
Then, in April 1242, Alexander’s army met the Teutonic invaders at a narrow strait between two lakes still covered with ice.
Turkic language, emerged as Russia’s rulers after the Mongols. Russia was eventually freed from foreign domination in 1480.
For more than 200 years after Alexander’s battles, Russia remained under the control of Asian nomadic peoples
Alexander fought Germans and Swedes several more times, stopping a potential expansion into Russian territory. For his victories, Alexander was celebrated as a hero.
Russia under Attack
During the mid-1000s, Kievan Rus reached the height of its power as a center of trade and culture.
in 1054, internal disputes became common among the Rus. The main threat was from princes whose lands were within the state’s borders.
But by the end of the 1200s, it had suffered a steep decline. Kievan Rus was under attack—first by princes within its borders, and later by invaders from beyond.
The Rus and their allies attacked the Mongols but were badly defeated.
One of these was Prince Andrew Bogolyubsky. In 1169 he captured the City of Kiev and became the new grand prince
In the 1200s a new danger appeared. The Mongols,led by Genghis Khan, had swept across Asia to create an immense empire
Mongol raiders entered Rus lands in 1223.
