Rus

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Rus was a medieval East Slavic cultural and political realm that laid the foundations for the modern nations of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

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Label Occurrences
Rus canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Slavic polity ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kievan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kyivan Rus' ⓘ
linked to: Kyivan Rus
capital Kyiv ⓘ
causeOfDecline Mongol invasion of Rus' ⓘ
fragmentation into principalities ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Slavic pagan traditions ⓘ
dissolutionYear c. 1240 ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition East Slavs ⓘ
foundationYear c. 882 ⓘ
founder Oleg of Novgorod ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
language Old East Slavic ⓘ
legalCode Russkaya Pravda ⓘ
majorCity Chernihiv ⓘ
Kyiv ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ
Pereiaslavl ⓘ
Smolensk ⓘ
majorRiver Dnieper River ⓘ
linked to: Dnieper

Dniester River ⓘ
linked to: Dniester

Volga River ⓘ
notableRuler Vladimir the Great ⓘ
Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
politicalStructure loose federation of principalities ⓘ
predecessor East Slavic tribal unions ⓘ
linked to: East Slavs
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Slavic paganism ⓘ
linked to: Slavic mythology
religiousConversionEvent Christianization of Rus' ⓘ
rulingDynasty Rurik dynasty ⓘ
successor Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ
Novgorod Republic ⓘ
modern Belarus ⓘ
linked to: Belarus

modern Russia ⓘ
linked to: post-Soviet Russia

modern Ukraine ⓘ
tradeRoute route from the Varangians to the Greeks ⓘ
tradingPartner Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Glagolitic script ⓘ

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