The Rise of Russia. Kievan Rus Begun by invasion of Viking tribes – also known as Slavs – from north of the Baltic. Both trade partner and sometime.
Themes in Russian History Expansion by conquest. Need for warm-water ports. The necessity of a strong, central government.
Kiev and the Russian Empire EQ: How did the Byzantine Empire affect the growing empire of Russia?
Kievan Rus. East & Central Europe Poles, Czechs, Hungarians were all converted to Christianity by German Monks Eastern Slavic people were converted.
Kievan Rus
Early Russian History
