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#Primary Chronicle
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Religion & Belief · Kievan Rus'
Slavic Paganism in Rus': Perun, Veles and the Gods Before Christianity
What did the pagan Slavs of Rus' believe? Perun, Veles, Mokosh and the other gods, the few sources that name them, and which "Slavic gods" were invented later.
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Religion & Belief · Kievan Rus'
The Christianization of Kievan Rus': How a Pagan Realm Became Christian
Kievan Rus' did not become Christian in a year. Early converts, the baptism of 988, pagan magicians in revolt, the first bishops and what graves reveal.
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Sources & Evidence · Kievan Rus'
The Primary Chronicle: How We Know About Early Rus'
Who wrote the Primary Chronicle, when, which manuscripts survive, and how historians test its dates against Byzantine, Arabic and Frankish sources.
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War & Warriors · Kievan Rus'
Sviatoslav I: The Warrior Prince
Who was Sviatoslav I of Kiev? The pagan prince who broke Khazaria, conquered Bulgaria, defied Byzantium and died at the Dnieper rapids in 972.
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People · Kievan Rus'
Oleg of Novgorod: The Prophetic Prince
Who was Oleg of Novgorod? The Varangian who took Kiev, raided Constantinople and died by a snake, sorted into history and legend.