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

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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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