<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Kuthiwa igama laleli dolobha livela egameni likaKyi, omunye wabasunguli balo abane abadumile. Phakathi nomlando wayo, iKyiv, elinye lamadolobha amadala kakhulu eMpumalanga Yurophu, yadlula ezigabeni eziningana zokuduma nokungaziwa. Cishe leli dolobha lalikhona njengesikhungo sokuhweba kusukela ngekhulu lesihlanu. Indawo yokuhlala yamaSlavic emzileni omkhulu wezohwebo phakathi kweScandinavia neConstantinople, iKiev yayiyithonya lamaKhazars, kwaze kwaba yilapho ithathwa amaVarangia amaViking maphakathi nekhulu le-9 leminyaka. Ngaphansi kokubusa kwamaVarangia, leli dolobha laba inhloko-dolobha yeKievan Rus, umbuso wokuqala wamaSlav aseMpumalanga. Kwabhujiswa ngokuphelele ngesikhathi  <response>: Ngokuhlasela kwamaMongol ngo - 1240, leli dolobha lalahlekelwa ingxenye enkulu yethonya lalo emakhulwini eminyaka alandela. Yayiyinhloko-dolobha yesifundazwe ebaluleke kancane emaphethelweni ezindawo ezazilawulwa omakhelwane bayo abanamandla, okokuqala iLithuania, kamuva iPoland futhi ekugcineni iRussia. 