Kievan Rus'

Details

Instance of

historical country, early feudal monarchy, federation

Inception

882

Has parts

Rurik's state, Principality of Kyiv, Principality of Volhynia, Principality of Smolensk, Tmutarakan Rus, Principality of Chernigov, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Principality of Halych, Principality of Suzdal, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, Principality of Halych, Principality of Volhynia

Country

Kievan Rus'

Continent

Europe

Capital

Kyiv

Founded by

Oleg the Wise

Said to be the same as

Rus, Ruthenia

Population

5400000

Area

1330000

basic form of government

monarchy

category for maps or plans

Category:Maps of Kievan Rus

category of associated people

Category:People from Kievan Rus'

currency

kuna, grivna, nogata

demographics of topic

Demographics of Kievan Rus

described by source

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5

dissolved, abolished or demolished date

1240

has works in the collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

language used

Old East Slavic, Russian Church Slavonic

located in the present-day administrative territorial entity

Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary

native label

рѹсьскаѧ землѧ

official language

Old East Slavic

official religion

Slavic religion, Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy

topic's main category

Category:Kievan Rus'

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