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This man is the semi-legendary founder of the first ruling dynasty of Rus.
Who is Riurik?
Russia's "first" history book describes a medieval trade route as one that ran "from the Varangians to the Greeks."
What is the Primary Chronicle?
In this year, Grand Prince Vladimir was baptized, got married, and become Tsar.
What is 988?
This early history of Kievan Rus is a "first."
What is The Primary Chronicle?
This system of government determined succession to the Kievan throne.
What is the rota system?
This "vengeful" saint converted to Christianity long before her grandson, Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev.
Who is Saint Olga of Kiev?
The emissaries of this prince said this about a church service: "We knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth."
Who is Vladimir I (987)?
In this year, Igor was "eclipsed" by the Kumans, also known as Polotsovians.
What is 1185.
In Russian epic songs, this technique tells you what something is by telling you what it is not.
This is Kievan Rus's answer to an entourage.
What is the druzhina?
This prince adopted Orthodoxy as the state religion in 988.
Who is Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev?
The Apostle Andrew may have described Russia's first capital with these words: "See ye these hills? So shall the favor of God shine upon them that on this spot a great city shall arise and God shall erect many churches therein."
What is Kiev (The Apostle Andrew Come to Russia, Primary Chronicle)?
In December of this year, Kiev fell to Batu Khan's forces in one day.
What is 1240?
In the Russian epics, this character is not quite a bird, although his name would suggest it.
Who is Nightingale the Robber?
This crown was supposed to have come from Byzantium, but probably came from the east.
What is the Cap of Monomakh?
This prince ushered in the Golden Age of the Kievan era (1019-1054).
Who is Yaroslav the Wise?
This ruler tested fate when he said, "The horse is dead, but I am still alive."
Who is Prince Oleg (Primary Chronicles)?
In this year, it was Andrei Bogoliubsky and not the Mongol Horde who sacked Kiev.
What is 1169?
This element of Russian epic songs include a hero saddling his horse or taking leave of his mother.
What is a theme (also pattern scenes or commonplaces)?
This instrument sometimes accompanied epic songs.
What is the gusla?
This grandson of Genghis Khan destroyed Kiev in a single day.
Who is Batu Khan?
Russia's first political martyr embodied brotherly love when he said, "It is not for me to raise my hand against my brother."
Who is Saint Boris about his murderous brother Sviatopolk (1015 succession struggle after Vladimir I dies)?
In this year, Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev died, sparking a struggle for succession.
What is 1015?
"Honorable widow" and "good steed" are examples of this poetic element of Russian epic songs.
What is an epithet?
This bawdy performer needed to sing for his supper in the courts of Kiev.
What is the skoromokh?