History of the era of Kievan Rus

PROJECT PLAN
History of era of kievan rus
1191-2
Novgorod signs commercial treaty with Scandinavians and germans
1223
Battle of kalka :first encounter of mongls with kievan rus
1237-40
Mongol conquest of kievan rus ,culminating in the sack of kiev
1240
Prince alexander nevsky defeats swedes on the neva

INTRODUCTION
The lands that made up kievan rus were located in the forest zone of eastern Europe.
It is located along the group of rivers ,the Dnieper,the western dvina ,the lovat volkhov,and the Volga.
They were populated mainly by salvic and finnic tribes.
The members of those tribes supported themselves ,to some degree ,by fishing ,hunting,and gathering fruits,berries,nuts,mushrooms,honey and other natural products in the forests around villages.
Each tribe followed its own leaders and worship its own set of gods.

NOVOGORD SIGNS OF COMMERCIAL TREATY WITH SCAVANDIANS AND GERMANS
Prince Andrei persnolised the growing tensions between the increasingly powerful principalities of keivan rus and their centre kiev.
As a prince of Vladimir suzdal,he concentrated on the development of vladmir and challenged the primary of kiev by building the church of dormition in 1158 and his own golden gate.
Adreisi used his power and resources ,however ,to defend the principle of generational seniority in the succession to keiv .
But his victory was short lived
When gleb died in 1171,Andrei’s coalition failed in its attempt to secure the throne.
The renewed struggle ended instead with a prince from the Chernigov line on the keivan throne :his reign and the accompanying dynastic peace lasted until 1194.

Church of dormition in 1158
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BATTLE OF KALKA:FIRST ENCOUNTER OF MONGOLS WITH KEIVAN RUS
The mongol conquest of keivan rus was part of the mongol invasion of Europe.
Destroying numerous cities,including Ryazan ,Kolomna,Moscow,Vladimir and keiv.
The campaign was heralded by the battle of the kalka river in 31 may 1223 on the banks of kalka river in present day Donetsk oblast,ukrain and ended in a decisive mongol victory.
This resulted in a mongol victory over the forces of several rus principalities .
The mongols retreated , having gathered their intelligence which was the purpose of thereconnaissance in force.

Mongol horse arches

MONGOL CONQUEST OF KEIVAN RUS,CULMINATING IN THE SACK OF KEIV
A full scale invasion of rus by batu khan followed from 1237 to 1242.
The invasion was ended by the mongol succession process upon the death of ogedei khan .
All rus principalities were forced to submit to mongol rule and become vassals of the golden horde empire, some which lasted until 1480.
The invasion ,facilitated by the beginning of the breakup of keivan rus in the 13th century.
It has incalculable ramifications for the history of eastern Europe,including the division of the east Slavic people into three separate nations :modern –day Russia,ukrain and Belarus,and the rise of the grand duchy of Moscow.

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