[DOC] [TLE] Kievan Rus' - Wikipedia [PAR] Kievan Rus was a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 
9th to the ..... That being said, unlike other parts of the Greek world, Kievan Rus' 
did not ... Kiev was the main power and initiator in this relationship, once the 
Byzantine ... this way the church in the Russian countries was reunited for some 
time. [DOC] [TLE] Kiev - Wikipedia [PAR] Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central 
part of the country on the Dnieper River. ... Under Varangian rule, the city became 
a capital of the Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state. ..... Kiev recovered 
economically in the post-war years, becoming once again the third most 
important city of... [DOC] [TLE] Kievan Rus | historical state | Britannica.com [PAR] Feb 22, 2016 ... Both the origin of the Kievan state and that of the name Rus, which ... It still 
preserved its connections with other parts of Europe, however, ... country located 
in eastern Europe, the second largest on the continent after Russia. [DOC] [TLE] The Early History of Kiev - Princeton University Press [PAR] THE ORGANIZING center of Kievan Rus, the first great Slavic state, Kiev arose in 
... occurred, Kiev would side with Constantinople and reject Roman Ca- tholicism 
..... r 596 that of the great churches that had once stood there, only St. Sophia. [DOC] [TLE] Kievan Rus' and Mongol Periods [PAR] [Excerpted from Russia: A Country Study, Glenn E. Curtis, ed. ... Kievan Rus' 
adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in the tenth century, ... control 
waned in the fifteenth century, expansion soon went beyond ethnically Russian 
areas;... [DOC] [TLE] Why did the capital of Russia shift from Kiev to Moscow? - Quora [PAR] To Vladimir! Not Moscow! From Kiev it was shifted to Vladimir and later on to 
Moscow. So, it is ... Once Mongols came, they said: Among all of you, naughty 
boys, Rurik's boy from Vladimir is now number one, obey him!. ... most of the 
land of Ukraine / Belarus (the SW part of the former Kievan Rus), too, fell to the 
Muscovite... [DOC] [TLE] The Effects of the Mongol Empire on Russia [PAR] This paper was published as part of Vestnik: The Journal of Russian and Asian 
Studies. ... From an earlier time, in which we know Russia as 'Kievan Rus,' the 
princes ... However, as history went, once the reigning rulers died, a power 
struggle .... when the Soviet Union was still a nation, and even before to Imperial 
Russia. [DOC] [TLE] Is Kiev technically in Russia or Ukraine? | Yahoo Answers [PAR] Aug 5, 2011 ... My family is from Kiev, they left in 1928, but returned in the 50's, and once again 
left in the 80's. ... Back in 1928 Kiev was part of Soviet Union (until 1991) ... was a 
union of many countries that included Russia and the Ukraine. [DOC] [TLE] Kiev: A Walk Through History | Stratfor [PAR] May 22, 2015 ... In the 12th century, Kievan Rus began to decline because of internal .... came 
from the pro-Russia eastern and southern parts of the country,... [DOC] [TLE] Once There Was a Great Russian Strongman ... - New Republic [PAR] Mar 18, 2014 ... For the pagan Russian barbarians from the forestlands around Kiev, ... Russia's 
actions in Crimea were no different to those of Western countries in Kosovo, ... for 
opening Russia, for civilizing it, for making it part of the world. [DOC] [TLE] History of the Jewish Ukraine -II - The Berdichev Revival [PAR] The current territory of what is today the nation of the Ukraine was once the 
southern part of the first Eastern Slavic state, Kievan Rus. Its capital was Kiev, the
... [DOC] [TLE] The Rebuilding of Greater Russia: From Kievan Rus' to the ... [PAR] It announced that Russia was once again a major international actor and that .... 
comprised such a large portion of the population of the

Question: Part of this country was once Kievan Rus
Answer: the Ukraine