Much of Russia's expansion occurred in the 17th century, culminating in the first Russian colonisation of the Pacific in the mid-17th century, the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667) that incorporated left-bank Ukraine, and the Russian conquest of Siberia. Poland was divided in the 1790–1815 era, with much of the land and population going to Russia.

In ancient times, Greek and Iranian settlements appeared in the southernmost portions of what is now Ukraine. Trading empires of that era seem to have known and exploited… …of the 16th century, the Russians had established a commercial route via the Arctic to the fur-trading centre of Mangazeya on the Taz River in western Siberia.

The Rus ', [a] also known as Russes, [2][3] were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe. The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD.

The History wove a vast body of data into a unified and orderly whole that provided an exceptionally powerful and vivid picture of Russia’s political development…

The early history of Russia, like those of many countries, is one of migrating peoples and ancient kingdoms. In fact, early Russia was not exactly "Russia," but a collection of cities that gradually coalesced into an empire.

Russian history starts somewhere around the 9th century AD, but its territory wasn’t empty before then. Here’s what we know of Russians’ predecessors on these lands.

2015年2月1日 · Russians or Rus' were one of the smaller Slavic tribes, but somehow this name was applied later for a greater number of people who settled in the area between Baltic, White, Caspian and Black seas. The Ruses ascribed supernatural powers to the nature and the Gods they believed in were all named after the sun, the water, the earth...

February Revolution: The workers at the Putilov Plant in Petrograd went on strike, demanding the end of the Russian autocracy and the end of Russian participation in World War I. 25 February February Revolution : A battalion of soldiers was sent to Petrograd to end the uprising.

2025年1月11日 · Rus, ancient people who gave their name to the lands of Russia and Belarus. Their origin and identity are much in dispute. Traditional Western scholars believe them to be Scandinavian Vikings, an offshoot of the Varangians, who moved southward from the Baltic coast and founded the first

vention methods by the famous Russian diplomat and Greek statesman I. A. Kapodistria. The author reveals the key factors that influenced the formation of these ideas. The author