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TIL Kiev was founded by Vikings; and Kiev was the birthplace of Russia. > Kiev, now the capital of Ukraine, is widely regarded as the foundational city of the medieval state known as Kievan Rus, which is considered the historical nucleus of the Russian state. > The city became the capital of this East Slavic state in 882 when Oleg of Novgorod, a Varangian (Norse) leader, captured Kiev and established it as the political center. > This state, formed from a federation of Slavic and Finno-Ugric tribes under Varangian leadership, flourished for several centuries and is traditionally seen as the beginning of Russia. > The city's strategic location on the Dnieper River made it a crucial hub for trade between the Baltic and Black Seas, connecting Europe with Byzantium and the Abbasid Caliphate. > Kiev's significance is further underscored by its role as the center of the first major Christianization of Eastern Europe. In 988, Prince Vladimir the Great of Kiev converted to Orthodox Christianity and baptized a large number of his subjects in the Dnieper River, establishing the state as a key part of Christian Europe. > The city was also referred to as "the mother of Russian cities" and "the Jerusalem of Russia" due to its religious and cultural importance. > However, the historical relationship between Kievan Rus and modern Russia is complex. While the state was a precursor to both modern Russia and Ukraine, its territory encompassed regions that are now part of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. > After the Mongol invasion and destruction of Kiev in 1240, the political center of the Rus' shifted northward to the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal and eventually Moscow. > The Muscovite rulers later claimed succession to Kievan Rus, using its legacy to legitimize their own authority. > Despite this, the idea that Kiev was the "first Russian capital" is a contested interpretation, with some modern historians emphasizing the distinct historical development of Ukraine, particularly after its incorporation into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 14th century, which fostered a separate Ukrainian identity and language. credit: Brave /Leo Curiosity on this question sparked by Koestler, _The Thirteenth Trbe_.

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