Kievan Rus In Greek Culture

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Cultural: Kievan Rus A medieval European state, Kievan Rus was founded in 882 AD by Prince Oleg. He then united local Slavic and Finnish tribes, defeated the Khazars, and, in 911, arranged trade agreements with Constantinople. In 989 their principles came under influence of the Byzantine Empire, and ended up adoption Christianity. “The Patriarch of Constantinople appointed a metropolitan to organize the see of Kiev and all Rus, and in 988, Byzantine clergy baptized the population of Kiev in the Dnieper River”(1). It took a very long time for christianity to spread to all principalities. However, The adoption of Christianity was followed by boom in the Old Russian culture. Church had an extremely fruitful influence on the cultural construction.

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