{"id":1705,"date":"2010-12-22T12:14:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:20:40","slug":"a-history-of-kiev-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/a-history-of-kiev-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of Kiev, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u2014\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [Kiev is a very old city], so there’s a lot to learn about its history. I’ll be splitting up these posts on \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the history of Kiev] into multiple parts to make them more manageable.<\/em><\/p>\n

There exists \u00ab\u043b\u0435\u0433\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0434\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [a legend] concerning \u00ab\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the founding of Kiev]. According to this legend, \u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0430\u043d \u0442\u0440\u0435\u043c\u044c\u044f<\/span> \u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u044f\u043c\u0438 \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u043c, \u0429\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043c \u0438 \u0425\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043c \u0438 \u0441\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0439 \u041b\u044b\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044c\u044e\u00bb<\/strong> [Kiev was founded by the three brothers Kiy, Shchek, and Khoriv and their sister Lybed]. As you can see from its name, \u00ab\u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0437\u0432\u0430\u043d \u0432 \u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0448\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0431\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the city is named in honor of the eldest brother]. The picture at the beginning of this post is a monument in Kiev that commemorates this legend, or \u00ab\u043f\u0430<\/span>\u043c\u044f\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044f\u043c \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [a monument to the founders of Kiev].<\/p>\n

Another legend says that \u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> emerged from \u00ab\u0425\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043a\u0430\u0433\u0430\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [the Khazar khaganate] and was named in honor of \u00ab\u0445\u0430\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u0437\u0438<\/span>\u0440 \u041a\u0443\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [the Khazar vizier Kui].<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, archaeological evidence suggests that the first settlements \u00ab\u043d\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u0438 \u041f\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [on the territory of Podol (an area in Kiev)<\/em>] appeared no earlier than the 880s. (Quick quiz for you \u00ab\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u044b\u00bb<\/strong> [literature scholars, literature experts] out there: what famous Russian writer was born \u00ab\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [in Podol]? I will give the answer at the end of this post.)<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0421 882 (\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442 \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0433\u043e) \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430, \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0441\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0435\u0439 \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [From 882, Kiev became the capital of Kievan Rus] when \u00ab\u043a\u043d\u044f\u0437\u044c \u041e\u043b\u0435\u0433\u00bb<\/strong> [Prince Oleg, also known in English as Oleg of Novgorod] conquered \u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> and made it his residence.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0420\u0443\u0441\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [Kievan Rus] became Christianized over a long period of time. The date of the conversion is generally given as \u00ab988 (\u0434\u0435\u0432\u044f\u0442\u044c\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u0442 \u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043c\u044c\u0434\u0435\u0441\u044f\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0439) \u0433\u043e\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [the year 988] with \u00ab\u043a\u0440\u0435\u0449\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a\u043d\u044f\u0437\u044f<\/span> \u0412\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043c\u0438\u0440 I \u0421\u0432\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0447\u00bb<\/strong> [the baptism of Prince Vladimir I Svyatoslavich or<\/em> Vladimir I of Kiev]. After Vladimir was baptized, he urged the people living in Kiev to be baptized \u00ab\u0432 \u0440\u0435\u043a\u0435<\/span> \u0414\u043d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [in the river Dnieper], thus rejecting the traditional \u00ab\u044f\u0437\u044b<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [paganism] that had been present in Kiev.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u0420\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442 \u043a\u0440\u0435\u0449\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0438<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [the result of the baptism of Kievan Rus] was that it became firmly aligned with the Byzantine Empire. This would prove significant when \u00ab\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b \u0445\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u0446\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u043a\u0432\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [schism of the Christian church] happened in 1054.<\/p>\n

This seems a good enough place to leave off as any–next week I’ll write about \u00ab\u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u00bb<\/strong> [the Great Schism] and the centuries after that. Also, I promised to give you the answer to my question I asked earlier: \u00ab\u041c\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0438<\/span>\u043b \u0411\u0443\u043b\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u0441\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Podol].<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u00ab\u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u2014\u043e\u0447\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u044b\u0439 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u00bb [Kiev is a very old city], so there’s a lot to learn about its history. I’ll be splitting up these posts on \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb [the history of Kiev] into multiple parts to make them more manageable. There exists \u00ab\u043b\u0435\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0430\u00bb [a legend] concerning \u00ab\u043e\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb [the founding of Kiev]. According to this legend…<\/p>\n

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