<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kakade ngekhulu lesi-9, i-Kievan Rus yayinesikebhe semikhumbi esinamandla okufakazelwa ukuvinjezelwa okuphumelelayo kweConstantinople ngo-860 Kodwa-ke umkhumbi wemikhumbi yempi wawungajwayelekile futhi wakhiwa kuphela ngenhloso yokuhlaselwa. Ngenxa yobuthakathaka obuningi bomkhumbi wezempi futhi ngaphezu kwalokho okubhubhisayo  <response>: ukuhlasela koMbuso WamaMongol, kamuva imikhumbi yemikhumbi yezikhulu zaseKievan Rus yachithwa. Ngaphandle kwePrincipality of Novgorod eyayikwazi ukufinyelela olwandle oluvulekile njengeLwandle iBaltic nolwandle iWhite Sea futhi nayo yasindiswa ekuhlaselweni amaMongol. Lapho kuqala umbuso wokuqala waseRussia weGrand Duchy yaseMoscow futhi uthola nokufinyelela emithonjeni yamanzi evulekile, kwaqala iNkathi Yegolide Yemikhumbi Yezempi yaseRussia. Ngo-1570, ukuze avikele ukuzulazula kwamaRashiya oLwandle iBaltic, u-Ivan the Terrible wasungula umkhumbi owawukhona cishe unyaka. Ekhulwini le-16, iCzar of Russia yalwa noMbuso Wama-Ottoman ukuze ikhululeke ukufinyelela oLwandle Olumnyama. 