Map of the Kievan Rus', 11th century

Kiewer Rus Karte 1 IMG

The great medieval empire of the Kievan Rus covered the territories of present-day European Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. This map shows the influence of the Byzantine Empire on the settlement region of the Kievan Rus.

Kievan Rus, 11th century, map, 2006, copyright: Captain Blood, Britta Müller-Schauenburg, image source: Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons-Lizenz Namensnennung-Weitergabe 3.0 Unported.