Kievan Rus'
Emin Mastizada
In The Beginning...
East Slavs
Siege of Constantinople
June, 860
Rurik (830-879)
Rurik Dynasty (862-1612)
Oleg of Novgorod (879-912)
* Moved Capital to Kiev
* Raid against Constantinople in 907
* Small attacks on Caspian shore
Igor of Kiev (914-945)
* Rus'–Byzantine Treaty (945)
* Major attacts in Caspian shore
Religion
Slavic Paganism (I century-988)
* Rod (Perun) - Almighty God
* Mother Earth
* Different spirits
Christianity - Orthodox (988-)
* Started in 867 by Byzantine Empire
* Development of Cyrillic Alphabet
* Completed with Vladimir's
baptism in 988
Social Structure
- Local princes and their families
- Boyars
- Artisans and Merchants
- Peasants (poor people)
- Slaves
Economy
- Agriculture
- Iron mining
- Handicraft
- sribnyk and zlatnyk as first coins by Vladimir
- TRADE
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