pre-Christian populations and their travels eastwards along the way known as the Way of the Varangians to the Greek to Constantinople'. Collection of maps See also De Administrando Imperio – 10th-century Byzantine source written by emperor Constantine VII History of Belarus History of Russia History of Ukraine List of Old Norse exonyms – including Scandinavian names for Kievan Rus' toponyms Kyivan Rus' Park – park in modern Kyiv Rus' chronicle – genre of Old East Slavic literature Slavic studies Symbols of the Rurikids European Russia Explanatory notes References Citations Primary sources Secondary sources (third edition) (original). Later editions cited in this article: (first published) (digital printing 2004) (third edition) – Russia Further reading Christian, David. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia. Blackwell, 1999. Franklin, Simon and Shepard, Jonathon, The Emergence of Rus, 750–1200. (Longman History of Russia, general editor Harold Shukman.) Longman, London, 1996. Fennell, John, The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200–1304. (Longman History of Russia, general editor Harold Shukman.) Longman, London, 1983. Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings. 2nd ed. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1984. Pritsak, Omeljan. The Origin of Rus". Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1991. Stang, Håkon. The Naming of Russia. Meddelelser, Nr. 77. Oslo: University of Oslo Slavisk-baltisk Avelding, 1996. Alexander F. Tsvirkun E-learning course. History of Ukraine. Journal Auditorium, Kyiv, 2010. Velychenko, Stephen, National history as cultural process: a survey of the interpretations of Ukraine's past in Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian historical writing from the earliest times to 1914''. Edmonton, 1992. Velychenko, Stephen, "Nationalizing and Denationalizing the Past. Ukraine and Russia in Comparative Context", Ab Imperio 1 (2007). Velychenko, Stephen "New wine old bottle. Ukrainian history Muscovite-Russian Imperial myths and the Cambridge-History of Russia," Stephen Velychenko. New Wine Old Bottle. Ukrainian History, Muscovite /Russian Imperial Myths and the Cambridge History of Russia External links Historical map of Kiev Rus' from 980. to 1054. Historical map of Rus'-Ukraine from 1220. to 1240. Rus', Encyclopedia of Ukraine Ancient Rus: trade and crafts Chronology of Kievan Rus' 859–1240. States and territories established in the 870s States and territories disestablished in 1240 882 establishments 1240 disestablishments in Europe Former countries in Europe Former Slavic countries Medieval Belarus Medieval Russia Medieval Ukraine 9th-century establishments in Russia Historical regions Former countries