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Original Rus was centered in Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Pereyaslavl only; Even...

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Academician Borys Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian who held a Chair in Russian history at Moscow University since 1939,...

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