State · 882 – 1240
Kyivan Rus'
A state of 882 – 1240 — 358 years in Europe. The atlas records 47 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 44 · works and ideas 1. Its line of rulers holds 41 people, 16 with dated terms. Its own article says it was dissolved.
- Wikidata's English label: Kievan Rus'.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 358 years
- 882 – 1240
- Rulers
- 41
- the Grand Prince of Kyiv
- Most ground
- 1.19 million km²
- in 1034
- Within it
- 47
- recorded rows
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
882 · first mapped · 557,300 km²
1034 · at its largest · 1.19 million km²
1236 · last mapped · 1,100 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved. Read from the article's section “History - Final disintegration” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Following the Mongol invasion of Cumania (or the Kipchaks), in which case many Cuman rulers fled to Rus', such as Köten, the state finally disintegrated under the pressure of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus', fragmenting it into successor principalities who paid tribute to the Golden Horde (the so…
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of Grand Prince of Kyiv.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oleh the Wise | 882 – 912 | 30 years | died by accidentWikidata's manner of death | |
| Ihor of Kyiv | 912 – 945 | 33 years | executedWikidata's manner of death | nephew or niece |
| Sviatoslav I of Kyiv | 945 – 972 | 27 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Yaropolk I of Kyiv | 972 – 978 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Volodymyr the Great | 980 – 1015 | 35 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Sviatopolk I of Kyiv | 1015 – 1016 | 1 year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Yaroslav the Wise | 1016 – 1018 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sviatopolk I of Kyiv | 1018 – 1019 | 1 year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Yaroslav the Wise | 1019 – 1054 | 35 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Iziaslav I of Kyiv | 1054 – 1073 | 19 years | removed by a coupWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Vsevolod I of Kyiv | 1076 – 1077 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Iziaslav I of Kyiv | 1077 – 1078 | 1 year | died in battleWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Vsevolod I of Kyiv | 1078 – 1093 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Sviatopolk II of Kyiv | 1093 – 1113 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | nephew or niece |
| Mstyslav I of Kyiv | 1125 – 1132 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Yaropolk II of Kyiv | 1132 – 1139 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Ihor II of Kyiv | 1146 – 1146 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Volodymyr III Mstyslavych | 1171 – 1171 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Vsevolod the Big Nest | 1173 – 1173 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sviatoslav III of Kyiv | 1173 – 1173 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sviatoslav III of Kyiv | 1176 – 1194 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
41 rulers, 16 with terms dated as terms, covering 882 – 1194. Median reign 7 years. 6 of 20 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
557,300 km² in 882, 1,100 km² in 1240; at its largest 1.19 million km² in 1057. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, from 980Emblem of Kievan Rus · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
800 – 8995 rows
- Oleh the Wise · ruler · 845 – 912
- Olga of Kyiv · person · 890 – 969
- Ihor of Kyiv · ruler · 878 – 945
- Askold · ruler · 801 – 882
- Prince Dir · ruler · 801 – 882
900 – 9998 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Volodymyr the Great · ruler · 958 – 1015
- Sviatoslav I of Kyiv · ruler · 942 – 972
- Yaroslav the Wise · ruler · 978 – 1054
- Sviatopolk I of Kyiv · ruler · 979 – 1019
- Anthony of Kyiv · religious leader · 983 – 1073
- Siege of Dorostolon · battle · 971
- Sveneld · explorer · 920 – 970
- Siege of Kyiv · battle · 968
1000 – 109916 rows
- Volodymyr II Monomakh · ruler · 1053 – 1125
- Nestor the Chronicler · writer · 1056 – 1114
- Yurii Dolhorukyi · ruler · 1090 – 1157
- Mstyslav I of Kyiv · ruler · 1076 – 1132
- Iziaslav I of Kyiv · ruler · 1024 – 1078
- Vsevolod I of Kyiv · ruler · 1030 – 1093
- Anastasia of Kyiv · person · 1023 – 1074
- Sviatopolk II of Kyiv · ruler · 1050 – 1113
and 8 more in the atlas.
1100 – 119916 rows
- Vsevolod the Big Nest · ruler · 1154 – 1212
- Yaroslav II of Vladimir · ruler · 1191 – 1246
- Mstyslav II of Kyiv · ruler · 1101 – 1170
- Mykhailo of Chernihiv · ruler · 1185 – 1246
- Rostyslav I of Kyiv · ruler · 1109 – 1167
- Iziaslav III of Kyiv · ruler · 1100 – 1161
- Inhvar of Kyiv · ruler · 1152 – 1220
- Sviatoslav III of Kyiv · ruler · 1126 – 1194
and 8 more in the atlas.
1200 – 12992 rows
- Primary Chronicle · literature · 1200
- Danylo of Halych · ruler · 1201 – 1264
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood358 years
stood longer than 78% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,194,600 km²
held more ground at its peak than 86% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median7 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record41
has more rulers on record than 96% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 846 – 1276, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1034, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1108445 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.