State882–1240
Kievan Rus’
Early medieval state of the East Slavs centred on Kyiv; by the 13th century it had broken up into independent principalities.
- Dates
- 882 – 1240
- Events
- 24 events
- Regions
- Eastern Europe, Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Eastern Europe and Rus’ before the Baptism (1st–10th c.), Mongol conquests, Rus’ in the 13th century
Events
- Oleg takes Kyiv882 · Eastern Europe
- Oleg’s campaign against Constantinople907 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 9112 September 911 · Balkans and Anatolia
- The Pechenegs first come to the Rus’ land915 · Eastern Europe
- Igor’s campaigns against Byzantium11 June 941 – 944 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Rus’–Byzantine Treaty of 944between 944 and 945 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Drevlian uprising and death of Igor945 · Eastern Europe
- Olga’s revenge on the Drevlians945–946 · Eastern Europe
- Constantine VII describes the Rus’ route to Constantinoplebetween 948 and 952 · Eastern Europe
- Olga’s visit to Constantinople and her baptism9 September – 18 October 957 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Sviatoslav’s campaign against the Khazars964 – between 968 and 969 · Eastern Europe
- Pecheneg siege of Kyiv968 · Eastern Europe
- Sviatoslav’s invasion of Bulgariabetween 967 and 968 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Siege of Dorostolon23 April 971 – July 971 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Death of Sviatoslav at the Dnieper rapids972 · Eastern Europe
- Feud of the Sviatoslavichi977 – between 978 and 980 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s pagan pantheonbetween 978 and 980 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s choice of faith986–987 · Eastern Europe
- Baptism of Rus’988 · Eastern Europe
- Vladimir’s siege of Chersonesus (Korsun)between 988 and 989 · Eastern Europe
- Building of the Church of the Tithes989–996 · Eastern Europe
- The first Rus’ coinsbetween 988 and 1000 – 1015 · Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Kalka River31 May 1223 · Eastern Europe
- Siege of Kyiv5 September – between 19 November and 6 December 1240 · Eastern Europe
Often together with
Byzantine EmpireSviatoslav IVladimir the GreatPechenegsIgor of KievOlga of KievAnna PorphyrogenitaEast SlavsOleg of NovgorodVarangiansDrevliansMongol Empire