Kievan RusThe Beginnings of Russia

CONSTANTINOPLE

BAGHDAD

KIEV

NOVGOROD

SEMI-MYTHICAL VARANGIAN CHIEF

WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF NOVGOROD & started a dynasty

CONSTANTINOPLE

BAGHDAD

KIEV

NOVGOROD

EVANGELIZED THE SLAVS1ST SLAVIC ALPHABET

1ST SLAVIC RULER TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY“Drink is the joy of the rus”

Formalized THE KIEVAN law codes

GOLDEN AGE OF KIEVAN RUS

(30 children married off)

CONSTANTINOPLE

BAGHDAD

KIEV

NOVGOROD

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Kalka-River

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Kalka-River

Time when Russia was ruled by the

Mongols/Tatars in a feudalistic, exploitatiVE,

& tributary manner.

TRIBUTE

SELF-RULE

BRUTALITY

UNITY IN ART & LANGUAGE

SOME stagnation

Church’s spread & influence

https://geohistory.today/mongol-empire-effects-russia/

https://geohistory.today/mongol-empire-effects-russia/

Key unifier during Mongol rule

“Savior” of Russian culture from

western invasion (Defeated Sweds & Germans)

Slow growth through annexation, taxation,

& manipulation

BATTLE OF Kulikovo

Dmitry Donskoy

IVAN III REFUSES TO PAY TRIBUTE

ENDED MONGOL RULE

Laid foundations for serfdom & law

THE “THIRD ROME”(MARRIED LAST BYZANTINE

PRINCESS, e. ORTHODOXY, TSAR, THE MOSCOW KREMLIN

Great stand on the ugra river

Spasskaya Tower Ivan the Great Bell Tower

Dormition CathedralSaint Basil’s Cathedral