𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 on Instagram: "𝑲𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒖𝒔’: In the 9th-13th centuries AD, the Eastern Slavs established a state called “Kiev Rus’” (the term used for these Scandinavian Varangians), still considered the cradle of Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, a cultural and commercial crossroads influenced by Byzantium. Geographically, it covered approximately 1,330,000 km² at its greatest extent, including territories of present-day Ukraine, western Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Poland, Lithu

Vikings and Kievan Rus