Rus meaning

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The medieval Russian state, established c. 862 by Scandinavian traders and warriors led by Rurik, who founded a dynasty at Novgorod. In 882 his successor moved the capital to Kiev, the center of Kievan Russia.
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Abbreviation of Russian.
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Abbreviation of Russia.
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Abbreviation of Russian (language).
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Origin of rus

Russian Rus' from Old Russian Rusĭ group of Vikings, Rus Russian

Sentence Examples

  • the men of Rus, or Variags, as they were sometimes called, were simply the hardy Norsemen or Normans who at that time, in various countries of Europe, appeared first as armed marauders and then lived in the invaded territory as a dominant military caste until they were gradually absorbed by the native population.

  • and his Family (Rus.) (Moscow, 1874); V.

  • P. Pogodin, The First Seventeen Years of the Life of Peter the Great (Rus.) (Moscow, 1875).

  • (Rus.), vol.

  • Bauman, Russian Statesmen of the Olden Time (Rus.), vol.

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