Hence, Kiev’s official historical narrative now claims that Kievan Rus’ was a proto-Ukrainian state due to the simple fact that contemporary Ukrainians occupy the core territory of the ancient ...

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 ...

This storyline sees him swept in to the empire of the Kievan Rus, which Oleg himself founded. READ MORE: Vikings season 6: Ragnar Lothbrok’s return finally revealed Where was the Kievan Rus in ...

For the general reader, this book is the King James version of Russian history. Hosking has taken all of Russia's past since Kievan Rus in the tenth century and translated it into accessible portions, ...