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

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 ...

It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her three-year-old son. She was the one who defeated the Drevlians, a Slavic ...

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 ...

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 ...