It is possible that this community of descendants of late 10th century Rus ' who lived in a remote area of Kievan Rus ' preserved family names, runic lore in archaic forms, ancestral beliefs and some of the …

USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) provides financing for much needed infrastructure improvements to rural communities. These include water and waste treatment, electric power, telecommunication and …

Sep 19, 2025 · Russian scholars, along with some Westerners, consider the Rus to be a southeastern Slavic tribe that founded a tribal league; the Kievan state, they affirm, was the creation of Slavs and …

The Rus are a people described in historical documents as traders and chiefs who were instrumental in the formation of the ancient Russian state between a.d. 750 and 1000.

The area between the lakes was the original Rus, and it was from here that its name was transferred to the territories inhabited by the Slavs on the middle Dnieper, which eventually became the "land of …

Given the ongoing war in Ukraine it is urgent to understand the history of Rus to place this conflict in its proper historical context. Two takeaways are worth noting.

The Rus’ were a proud and unique people of mixed ethnic and cultural origin. They took to state-building along the many rivers of Eastern Europe – chiefly the Volga and the Dnieper.

It relates the history of Kievan Rus’ from 850 to 1110 with various updates and edits made throughout the 12th century by scholarly monks. It is difficult to untangle legend from fact, but this document …

This idea suggests that the Rus were actually Slavic people who lived south of Kiev. Supporters of this idea point out that some rivers in the area have similar names.

The Rus' (Slavic: Русь; Greek: Ῥῶς) were an early medieval group, who lived in modern Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and other countries, and are the ancestors of modern Russians and other Eastern …