 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakazosvika makore ekuma880, vaKhazar vakanga vava kutonga Middle Dnieper kubva kuKyiv, kwavaiunganidza mutero kubva kumadzinza eEastern Slavic, vakatanga kuderera sezvo Oleg weNovgorod akatora kutonga kweguta kubva kumadzishe ehondo eVarangian Askold naDir, uye akatanga zvaizoratidza kuti hwaro hwehumambo hweRus. VaKhazars pakutanga vakanga vabvumira vaRus kushandisa nzira dzokutengeserana dzakapoteredza Rwizi rweVolga, uye kupamba kumaodzanyemba. Ona nzendo dzeCaspian dzeRus. Maererano naAl-Masudi, qağan anonzi akapa mvumo yake pamutemo wokuti maRus amupe hafu yezvavakanga vapamba. Muna 913, zvisinei, makore maviri mushure mekunge Byzantium yapedzisa chibvumirano cherunyararo neRus muna 911, kurwiswa kweVarangian, nekubvumirana kweKhazar, kuburikidza nenyika dzeArab kwakakonzera chikumbiro kuchigaro cheKhazar cheKhwârazmian Islamic chengetedzo yemvumo yekutsiva kurwisa kwakakura kweRus pakudzoka kwayo. Donzo racho rakanga riri rokutsiva masimba masimba ayo rus razzias akanga aitira vatendi biyavo vechiMuslim. Simba ravaRus rakaparadzwa chose chose ndokuurawa. Vatongi veKhazar vakavhara nzira yokuRus yaienda kuVolga, zvichikonzera hondo. Mukutanga kwema960, mutongi weKhazar Joseph akanyorera Hasdai ibn Shaprut nezve kuderera kwehukama hweKhazar neRus: Ndinodzivirira muromo werwizi Itil-Volga uye ndinodzivirira maRus anosvika mungarava dzavo kubva pakuenda negungwa vachipesana nevaIshmaeri uye zvakaenzana vavengi vese vavo kubva pakuenda nepanyika kuenda kuBab. 