kievan rus was named that because it was in europe.
where was kievan rus and why is it named that?
europe
one of the first rus' regions according to the sofia first chronicle was veliky novgorod in 859. in late 8th and early-to-mid-9th centuries ad the rus' khaganate was formed in modern western russia. the region was a place of operations for varangians, eastern scandinavian adventurers, merchants, and pirates. from the late 9th to the mid-13th century a large section of today's european russia was part of kievan rus'. the lands of rus' khaganate and kievan rus' were important trade routes and connected scandinavia, byzantine empire, rus' people and volga bulgaria with khazaria and persia. according to old scandinavian sources among the 12 biggest cities of kievan rus' or ancient rus' were novgorod, kiev, polotsk, smolensk, murom and rostov.
european russia
bullet::::- igor of kiev (878–946), prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- sviatoslav i (942–972), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- vladimir the great (956–1015), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- yaroslav the wise (978–1054), grand prince of veliky novgorod and kievan rus





























bullet::::- vsevolod i of kiev (1030–1093), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- vladimir ii monomakh (1053–1125), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- mstislav i of kiev (1076–1132), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- rostislav i of kiev (1110–1168), grand prince of kievan rus





























bullet::::- davyd rostislavich (1140–1197), prince of smolensk





























bullet::::- (1193–1230), prince of smolensk
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