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Pechenegs
The Pechenegs () or Patzinaks, also known as Pecheneg Turks,'''''' were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia who spoke the Pecheneg language. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the Pechenegs controlled much of the steppes of southeast Europe and the Crimean Peninsula. In the 9th century, the Pechenegs began a period of wars against Rus', and for more than two centuries launched raids into the lands of Rus', which sometimes escalated into full-scale wars.
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
10th-century Christianity
Rus'–Byzantine War of 941–944
941–944 war
Battle of Arcadiopolis
battle fought in 970 between a Byzantine army under Bardas Skleros and a Rus' army,
Radimichs
thumb The Radimichs (also Radimichi) (, , and ) were an East Slavic tribe of the last several centuries of the 1st millennium, which inhabited upper east parts of the Dnieper down the Sozh and its tributaries. The name probably derives from the name of the forefather of the tribe - Radim. According to Russian chronicle tradition, "... but there were Radimichs from the Lechites family, who came and settled here and paid tribute to Rus, and the wagon was carried to the present day" (a wagon is a type of tax for the right to have one's own prince). However, in the scientific literature, there is
Siege of Dorostolon
byzantine military investment of the Kievan Rus in Dorostolon
Caspian expeditions of the Rus'
Caspian Sea expeditions carried out by the Rus between the 9th and 11th centuries
Rus'–Byzantine War of 907
907 war
Rus'–Byzantine Treaty of 907
907 treaty between the Kievan Rus' and Byzantine Empire
Rus'–Byzantine Treaty
Treaty signed between Byzantium and Kievan Rus' in 911
Rus'–Byzantine Treaty
945 treaty between the Kievan Rus' and Byzantine Empire
Volhynians
The Volhynians (, ) were an East Slavic tribe of the Early Middle Ages and the Principality of Volhynia in 987–1199.
Cherven Cities
historical region in eastern Poland
Kurya
Pecheneg khan
Siege of Kyiv
968 siege by the Pechenegs against the Kyivan Rus
Battle of Silistra
Kalokyros
Kalokyros (, died 971) was a pretender to the Byzantine throne during the Rus'–Byzantine War (970–971) in the reigns of Nikephoros II and John I Tzimiskes.
Alekanovo inscription
undeciphered script