Washington-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have largely boiled down to a diamond-shaped peninsula about ...

A psalter was the medieval primer. Pupils would meticulously transcribe ... Casimir wedded Maria Dobroniega, whose brother, Yaroslav the Wise, ruled Kievan Rus. He married one of his sisters to the ...

The Desyatinnaya Church was built at the end of the 10th century by the order of Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev who Christianized Kievan Rus. This was the first stone church in Kievan Rus and funds ...

Throughout its long history, from its formation as the medieval state Kievan Rus' in the 9th century to the Russian Federation as we know it today, Russia has seen not only glorious victories, but ...

Tryzub is the Ukrainian word for “trident.” The tryzub symbol, dating back to the Kievan Rus more than 1,000 years ago, has become a core part of Ukraine’s national identity, and a symbol of ...