Kievan Rus

See also: Kievan Rus'

English

Kievan Rus after the death of Yaroslav I in 1054

Alternative forms

• Kiev Rus, Kyiv Rus, Kyïv Rus, Kyyiv Rus, Kievan Rus', Kyivan Rus, Kyivan Rus', Kyïvan Rus, Kyjivan Rus, Kyyivan Rus

Proper noun

Kievan Rus

1. (historical) A medieval principality in Eastern Europe centred around Kiev; considered an early predecessor of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Synonyms

• Kievan Russia, Kiev, Kyiv, Ruthenia
• Kievan state, Kyivan state (preceded by "the")

Translations

medieval principality

• Arabic: خَقَانَات الرُّوس f (ḵaqānāt ar-rūs), رُوس الْكِيِيفِيَّة f (rūs al-kiyīfiyya)
• Armenian: Կիեւյան Ռուսիա (Kiewyan Ṙusia)
• Azerbaijani: Kiyev Rus
• Belarusian: Кі́еўская Русь f (Kíjeŭskaja Rusʹ)
• Bulgarian: Ки́евска Рус f (Kíevska Rus)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ки́ївьска Русь f (Kýjivʹska Rusʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基輔羅斯／基辅罗斯 (zh) (Jīfǔ Luósī)

• Chuvash: Кейӳ Руҫӗ (Kejü Ruś̬ĕ)
• Czech: Kyjevská Rus f
• Danish: Kievrus, Kievriget, Kievrusland (archaic), Gardarige (historiographic)
• Dutch: Kievse Rus
• Estonian: Kiievi-Vene
• Farefare: Kiyiu Dʋsgɔ
• Finnish: Kiovan Venäjä
• French: Rus’ de Kiev (fr) f, Rus de Kiev f
• Georgian: კიევის რუსეთი (ḳievis ruseti)
• German: Kiewer Rus (de) f, Kiewer Russland n
• Greek: Ρως του Κιέβου f (Ros tou Kiévou)
• Hungarian: Kijevi Rusz
• Icelandic: Garðaríki n
• Italian: Rus' di Kyiv, Rus' di Kiev
• Japanese: キエフ大公国 (ja) (Kiefu taikōkoku), キエフ・ルーシ (Kiefu Rūshi)
• Kazakh: Киев Русі (Kiev Rusı)
• Korean: 키예프 공국 (Kiyepeu gongguk), 키예프 루시 (Kiyepeu Rusi)
• Latvian: Kijevas Krievzeme f
• Lithuanian: Kijevo Rusia f
• Macedonian: Киевски Рус m (Kievski Rus)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Киевийн Русь (Kijeviin Rusʹ)

• Norwegian: Kiev-Rus

  Bokmål: Kiev-Rus

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Кꙑѥвьска Роусь f (Kyjevĭska Rusĭ), Роусь f (Rusĭ)

• Old East Slavic: Русьскаꙗ землꙗ f (Rusĭskaja zemlja), Русь f (Rusĭ)
• Old Norse: Garðaríki n
• Persian: روسِ کیف (rus-e kiyef)
• Polish: Ruś Kijowska f
• Portuguese: Rus' de Kiev f, Rus de Kiev f
• Russian: Ки́евская Русь (ru) f (Kíjevskaja Rusʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кијевска Русија f

  Roman: Kijevska Rusija f

• Sicilian: Rus' di Kyiv, Rus' di Kiev
• Slovak: Kyjevská Rus f
• Slovene: Kijevska Rusija f
• Spanish: Rus de Kiev f
• Swedish: Kievrus (sv), Kievriket (sv) n
• Tatar: Киев Русе (Kiyew Ruse)
• Turkish: Kiev Rus
• Tuvan: Киев Орузу (Kiev Oruzu)
• Ukrainian: Ки́ївська Русь (uk) f (Kýjivsʹka Rusʹ)
• Vietnamese: Rus Kiev