People / group
East Slavs
The Slavic tribes of the forest and forest-steppe between the Carpathians, Lake Ladoga and the upper Volga — Polans, Drevlians, Krivichs, Slovenes, Severians, Vyatichs and others — who formed the core of the population of Rus’.
- Events
- 10 events
- Regions
- Eastern Europe
- In the threads
- Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.)
Events
- Kyiv culturec. 200 – between 400 and 430 · Eastern Europe
- Early Slavic cultures: Prague-Korchak, Penkovka and Kolochinc. 450 – c. 700 · Eastern Europe
- Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv: the legendary founding of Kyivbetween 500 and 700 · Eastern Europe
- Founding of Ladoga753 · Eastern Europe
- Calling of the Varangians862 · Eastern Europe
- Askold and Dir rule in Kyiv862–882 · Eastern Europe
- Oleg takes Kyiv882 · Eastern Europe
- Gnezdovo inscriptionbetween 925 and 960 · Eastern Europe
- Constantine VII describes the Rus’ route to Constantinoplebetween 948 and 952 · Eastern Europe
- Baptism of Rus’988 · Eastern Europe
Often together with
VarangiansKievan Rus’Askold and DirByzantine EmpireAnna PorphyrogenitaAntesGothsIgor of KievOleg of NovgorodPechenegsRurikSviatoslav I