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Kyivan Rus

Kyivan 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 Kyivan Rus

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

Words near Kyivan Rus in the dictionary

  1. Kyiv Rus
  2. Kyiv-style chicken
  3. Kyiv-style chicken cutlet
  4. Kyiv-style cutlet
  5. Kyivan
  6. Kyivan Rus
  7. Kyivan Rus'
  8. Kyivan state
  9. Kyivans
  10. Kyivian
  11. Kyivians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kyivan 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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