It did, however, capture and incorporate much of the Kievan Rus’ territory into the horde, setting up over a century of rule that the Russians finally overthrew at the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...

The Desyatinnaya Church was built at the end of the 10th century by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev who Christianized Kievan Rus. This was the first stone church in Kievan Rus and funds ...