According to the Primary Chronicle, the message the Slavic people sent to the Varangians was: “Our land is great and rich, but there is no order in it. Come to rule and reign over us." Rurik then arrived in Novgorod and became its ruler, while his ‘brothers’satin Beloozero (Sineu...
the second largest in Russia, that the Rurik dynasty grew. By the eleventh century the Rus state centered at Kiev stretched from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The river became a major route to Constantinople (now Istanbul).”
(Saint) Peter, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All RuspersuadedIvan I Kalita, Grand Prince of Moscowto build a cathedral to the Theotokos (Blessed Virgin Mary) in the Moscow Kremlin. Construction of the cathedral began on August 4, 1326, and the ...
After Tsarevich Dmitry died under mysterious circumstances in Uglich and after the sickly Tsar Fyodor passed away, the Rurik Dynasty came to an end. Boris Godunov, one of the boyars, became tsar. This marked the beginning of the Time of Troubles, an era of hunger and exceptionally cruel ...
the local tribes near the Novgorod region began to experience internal disorder and conflict. These events prompted local tribal leaders to invite Rurik and his Varangian leaders back to the region in 862 to reinstate peace and order. This moment in history is known as theInvitation of the Varan...
in 1612, Russian forces led by Prince Dmitri Pozharski took Moscow, and in 1613 azemsky soborunanimously chose Michael Romanov as czar (seeMichael; reigned 1613–45). Thus began theRomanovdynasty, which ruled Russia until 1917. Michael was succeeded byAlexis(reigned 1645–76), who gained E...
When in the 13th century Polish Duke Konrad I of Masovia (Konrad I Mazowiecki) asked the Teutonic Order for help in the war against Prussian pagans who kept seizing Polish lands, it was, oddly enough, his Russian wife from the Rurik dynasty, Agafia Svyatoslavna of Rus, who gave him the ...
He stemmed from the Rurik dynasty. All branches of the economy prospered under him. He minted coins and regulated foreign affairs with other countries. Through trade he brought in Greek wines, Baghdad spices and Arab horses. The memory of Prince Vladimir the Great is kept alive by innumerable ...
The teasing and torment began in earnest. I even had a teacher call me a Pollack! I was beaten by the local thugs more than a few times for simply being “a Pollack!” Our home was hardly Christian, yet something inside me was grieved every time I heard our Lord’s precious Name ...
Thus it was the Vikings who established the first Russian dynasty of princes. More than that, the words "Russia" and "Russian", strange though it may seem, are probably of Norman origin. Some historians believe that the southern coast of Sweden from which Rurik came from was known as Rusl...