Kyiv Rus’ borders ca. 1000 AD: Largest Kingdom in Christendom

Although this map was published by National Geographic in 1987 and should be commended for marking what is now the present-day Kerch Strait as being controlled by Kyiv a millennium ago, it still misses one important area. In the map below you see the Khazarian Kingdom. “Between 965 and 969, the Kyiv Rus’ ruler, Sviatoslav I ‘the … Continue reading Kyiv Rus’ borders ca. 1000 AD: Largest Kingdom in Christendom