Rus
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/ɹuːs/
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/ɹʌs/
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- Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
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Русь,
Ру́сская земля́,
Руте́ния
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- A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities. [from 19th c.]
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Русь,
русич,
русь
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- Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
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Русь
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