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Kyiv Rus

Kyiv Rus is the alternative form of Kievan Rus.

Meaning of Kievan Rus

Proper noun

Kievan Rus

  1. (historical) A medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kyiv; at its maximum extent covering much of modern Ukraine, Belarus and western Russia and considered an early predecessor of each country.

Questions about Kyiv Rus

What is Kyiv Rus the alternative form of?
Kyiv Rus is the alternative form of Kievan Rus.

Words near Kyiv Rus in the dictionary

  1. Kyger
  2. Kygers
  3. Kyi
  4. Kyis
  5. kyiv
  6. Kyiv Rus
  7. Kyiv-style chicken
  8. Kyiv-style chicken cutlet
  9. Kyiv-style cutlet
  10. Kyivan
  11. Kyivan Rus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kyiv Rus (page history and authors); Kievan Rus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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