<P> Kievan Rus ' ( Old East Slavic : Рѹ́сь ( Rus ' ) , Рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ ( Rus'skaya zemlya ) , Ancient Greek : Ῥωσία , translit . Rhōsía , Latin : Rus ( s ) ia , Ruscia , Ruzzia , Rut ( h ) enia , Old Norse : Garðaríki ) was a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century , under the reign of the Rurik dynasty . The modern peoples of Belarus , Ukraine and Russia all claim Kievan Rus ' as their cultural ancestors , with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it . </P>
<P> Kievan Rus ' ( Old East Slavic : Рѹ́сь ( Rus ' ) , Рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ ( Rus'skaya zemlya ) , Ancient Greek : Ῥωσία , translit . Rhōsía , Latin : Rus ( s ) ia , Ruscia , Ruzzia , Rut ( h ) enia , Old Norse : Garðaríki ) was a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century , under the reign of the Rurik dynasty . The modern peoples of Belarus , Ukraine and Russia all claim Kievan Rus ' as their cultural ancestors , with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it . </P>
where was kievan rus and why is it named that
where was kievan rus and why is it named that
Europe peoples of Belarus , Ukraine and Russia all claim Kievan Rus ' as their cultural ancestors , with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it
Europe peoples of Belarus , Ukraine and Russia all claim Kievan Rus ' as their cultural ancestors , with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it