Territorial change of Kievan Rus'

“Kievan Rus'” — appears in this map’s data from AD 882 to 1240. Its territory was largest in AD 1034 – 1039, at ≈ 1.20 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1034 – 1039 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 911: number 123 of 5.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of Hungary — 24 frames
• Kimak–Kipchak confederation — 21 frames
• Novgorod Republic — 21 frames
• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia — 21 frames
• Vladimir-Suzdal — 21 frames
• Principality of Chernigov — 21 frames
• Principality of Smolensk — 21 frames
• Principality of Kiev — 21 frames
• Principality of Pereyaslavl — 21 frames
• Kingdom of Poland — 18 frames
• Principality of Ryazan — 17 frames
• Khazars — 16 frames
• Principality of Minsk — 15 frames
• Principality of Volhynia — 15 frames
• Principality of Drutsk — 15 frames
• Duchy of Sandomierz — 12 frames
• Polotsk — 12 frames
• Principality of Jersika — 12 frames
• Duchy of Masovia — 11 frames
• Hungarians — 9 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 4 by area.

Wikipedia summary

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and, later, an amalgam of principalities, in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.

Wikipedia (English) “Kievan Rus'”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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