Washington-brokered negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have largely boiled down to a diamond-shaped peninsula about ...

At the same time, external threats from nomadic groups like the Pechenegs, Cumans, and later the Mongols exacerbated the instability. By the early 13th century, Kievan Rus was a shadow of its former ...

In Kyiv, archaeologists found a ceramic Easter egg from the time of Kievan Rus (the old name for the country before Russia and Ukraine even existed) decorated with an ornament resembling a spiderweb.

Tryzub is the Ukrainian word for “trident.” The tryzub symbol, dating back to the Kievan Rus more than 1,000 years ago, has become a core part of Ukraine’s national identity, and a symbol of ...