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During the Russian industrial revolution in the late 19th century, Kyiv became an important trade and transportation center of the Russian Empire, specializing in sugar and grain export by railroad and on the Dnieper river. By 1900, the city had also become a significant industrial center, having a population of 250,000.
4 days ago · One of Europe’s major cities, Kyiv established diplomatic relations with the Byzantine Empire, England, France, Sweden, and other countries. Travelers wrote of its population as numbering tens of thousands.
In the Russian Empire, Kyiv was a primary Christian centre, attracting pilgrims, and the cradle of many of the empire's most important religious figures, but until the 19th century, the city's commercial importance remained marginal.
Dec 3, 2018 · Kievan Rus (862-1242) was a medieval political federation located in modern-day Belarus, Ukraine, and part of Russia (the latter named for the Rus, a Scandinavian people). The name Kievan Rus is a modern-day (19th century) designation but has the same meaning as 'land of the Rus,' which is how the region was known in the Middle Ages.
Kievan Rus peaked in the 10th and 11th centuries under Vladimir I and Yaroslav, becoming eastern Europe’s chief political and cultural centre. At Yaroslav’s death in 1054, his sons divided the empire into warring factions. The 13th-century Mongol conquest decisively ended its power.
4 days ago · Kyiv (Kiev), chief city and capital of Ukraine. As the center of Kyivan (Kievan) Rus, the first eastern Slavic state, it acquired the title ‘Mother of Rus Cities.’ It was severely damaged during World War II, but the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991 renewed its status as a major European capital.
Kiev did not reemerge as a significant metropolis until the nineteenth century, but the namesake empire it once anchored was the first important political formation in the lands of the Eastern Slavs.
