Kievan Rus

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Feb 16, 2009 at 02:30

Dhimmi wrote:

" > 'Europeans' encompasses former empires as diverse as the English, Spanish, French, Swedish, German , Russian and even Ukrainian.

The "Ukrainians" had an empire? really?"

Dhimmi -Nura requoted me n the above. I was referring to the Kingdom of the Kievan Rus (10th Century) - based in Kiev - which was the precursor to the Russian state.

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