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25 dates from Russian history you should know

Russia Beyond 01 Dec 2022
A quick rundown of some of the key milestones of Russia’s past. 862 ... After the death of Fyodor Ioannovich, Ivan the Terrible’s son, the Rurikid dynasty comes to an end ... Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov is chosen as the new tsar, the Romanov dynasty begins its reign.1649 ... Sputnik ... Russian history romanov dynasty ... Were the Romanovs and Rurikids related?. .
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10 most common questions about Russian history

Beijing News 20 Sep 2022
Although Rurik is a semi-legendary figure (and there could have actually been several people associated with this name), he is considered the founder of the Rurikid dynasty ... The Rurikid dynasty ended its rule in the 16th century, when tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (Ivan the Terrible's son) and his wife Irina Godunova didn't produce an heir to the throne.
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Were the Romanovs and Rurikids related?

Russia Beyond 05 Aug 2022
why were there two dynasties in Russia in the first place? It happened because the last legitimate Rurikid tsar, Fyodor Ioannovich, and his wife, Irina Godunova, left no offspring ... They belonged to the Moscow branch of the Rurikid dynasty, which ended with the death of Fyodor Ioannovich.
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The history of Poland and the history of Ukraine were often intertwined

The Am-Pol Eagle 01 Apr 2022
There were frequent marriages between the Polish Piasts and the Ruthenian Rurikids, which naturally led to cooperation between the two dynasties ... This cooperation, based on political calculations and marriages between the Piasts and the Rurikids, continued in the following years.
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Celebrating the Kyivan Princesses for Women's History Month

Democratic Underground 30 Mar 2022
Excerpt. ... Anna Yaroslavna (1032-1075) ... Anna’s Cyrillic signature is the oldest surviving example of Old Ukrainian handwriting; it is seen on a French royal charter from the 1060s and is the only known example of a Capetian queen’s signature on parchment and the only known signature of a member of the Rurikid Dynasty prior to the 13th century ... .
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What’s really going on in Ukraine

Off Guardian 25 Feb 2022
Johan Eddebo. Background. Ukraine is historically a part of the Russian heartland. Going all the way back to Russia’s progenitor state of Kievan Rus of the 10th century, founded by the Rurikid dynasty originating among Swedish vikings, Ukraine has been a part of, or closely connected to, the continuous political entity that we now call “Russia” ... < ....
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Ukraine: From a Viking beginning to the present

The Times of India 23 Feb 2022
Putin was careful to say “modern Ukraine” in his speech on Monday. This would allow him to avoid uncomfortable questions about the origins of the country ... One of them, Rurik I, established the Rurikid dynasty in Novgorod ... This dynasty would rule for more than 700 years, right down to Ivan the Terrible, first Czar of Russia, in the 16th century ... No ... .
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How OLD is Russia?

Russia Beyond 03 Aug 2021
Technically, the country only turned 30 in 2021. But, its officially recognized birthday dates as far back as to 862 ... The Red Square in Moscow in August 1991 ... People had lived on these lands before the Rurikids dynasty was established, however, it is universally accepted to trace back the emergence of the Russian statehood to 862, nonetheless ... .
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The COMPLETE list of Russian tsars, emperors and presidents

Beijing News 01 Aug 2021
The Rurikid dynasty, which ruled the Russian lands from circa 9th century, was most likely founded by Rurik ... It was a medieval state that existed in the 9th-12th centuries and dissolved in the 11th-12th centuries, because of the rivalry between the Rurikid princes ... The Rurikids..
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The first Russian ruler a real person or a myth

Beijing News 17 Jul 2021
So little is known about Rurik, the progenitor of the Russian Rurikid dynasty, that it's still debated whether he was a real historical figure ... And so the Rurikid dynasty began ... For now, the consensus is that some prince, maybe Rurik, indeed started the Rurikid dynasty that eventually took political power in Russia and made Moscow its capital.
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‘The first Russian ruler’ – a real person or a myth?

Russia Beyond 16 Jul 2021
So little is known about Rurik, the progenitor of the Russian Rurikid dynasty, that it’s still debated whether he was a real historical figure ... And so the Rurikid dynasty began ... For now, the consensus is that some prince, maybe Rurik, indeed started the Rurikid dynasty that eventually took political power in Russia and made Moscow its capital.
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When was Russia founded?

Russia Beyond 03 Jul 2021
It’s not as if there was a time when people gathered and decided to launch the Russian state ... Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, whose chronicle mentions Rosia ... Historians trace the history of the Rurikid dynasty from this point in time ... In the 13th century, Daniil Aleksandrovich (1261-1303), a Rurikid, became the first ruler of Moscow as a prince ... .
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The mysterious death of Dmitry, Ivan the Terrible's last son

Russia Beyond 25 May 2021
READ MORE.15 RARE relics of Russian tsars before the Romanov dynasty (PHOTOS) ... Romanov dynasty ... Fyodor was stricken with a mysterious illness, and without a healthy heir, the Rurikid dynasty would cease to exist ... 15 RARE relics of Russian tsars before the Romanov dynasty (PHOTOS).
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15 RARE relics of Russian tsars before the Romanov dynasty (PHOTOS)

Russia Beyond 16 Apr 2021
The fall of the Rurik dynasty of Russian tsardom shocked the nation, as it was Ruriks who founded the Russian state ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... The exhibition ‘Decline of the Dynasty. The Last Rurikids and the False Dmitry’ is on display in the Moscow Kremlin Museums until July 25, 2021 ... How a priest founded a dynasty that ruled Russia for 300 years.
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When Vikings Come to Rule: The History of the Rurik Dynasty

Ancient Origins 14 Dec 2020
The Rurik (or Rurikid) dynasty gets its name from a Viking chieftain named Rurik ... From this struggle, after both of his brothers were murdered, emerged Vladimir the Great, one of the most important figures in the history of the Kievan Rus’ and the Rurikid dynasty.

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