 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nechekare muzana ramakore rechi9, Kievan Rus yakanga ine ngarava ine simba yegungwa iyo inoratidzwa nekubudirira kwegungwa Kukombwa kweConstantinople kwe860Zvisinei, ngarava dzehondo dzomugungwa dzakanga dzisina kurongeka uye dzaivakwa bedzi nokuda kwedonzo rokurwisa. Nokuda kwokukundikana kukuru kwakawanda kwezvikepe zvengarava uye mukuwedzera kupamba kunoparadza kweMongol Empire, gare gare zvikepe zvengarava zvisiri pamutemo zveKievan Rus zvigaro zvakaparadzwa. Kunze kweMuchinda weNovgorod uyo akanga ane mukana wekuenda kumakungwa akazaruka akadai seGungwa reBaltic neGungwa Dzvuku uyewo akaponeswa kubva pakupinda kwevaMongol. Sezvo nyika yokutanga chaiyo yeRussia yeGrand Duchy yeMoscow yakatanga uye yakawanawo mikana yokuwana mvura yakazaruka, Nguva yeGoridhe yeRussia Navy yakatanga. Muna 1570, kuti adzivirire kufamba kweRussia muGungwa reBaltic, Ivan the Terrible akagadzira ngarava iyo yakagara kwegore. Muzana ramakore rechi16, Tsardom yeRussia yakarwisana noUmambo hweOttoman kuti iwane rusununguko rwokusvika kuGungwa Dema. 