PugJesusTakes a few years for tempers to cool!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2082480/takes-a-few-years-for-tempers-to-cool
Two kinds of Western Europeans: (AnonHistory)
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2063043/two-kinds-of-western-europeans-anonhistory
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴(2/n)
...the country has been part of #European history.
The #Kiewan "#Rus' provided the earliest members of the #VarangianGuard. They were in the] Byzantine [Emperor's] service from as early as 874...until at least mid-14th century.**
After growing in influence and affluence as the #GoldenHorde's tax collectors, the #Muscovites became part of European history, too, after #DmitryDonskoy's first victory against them...
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https://archive.org/details/sviatoslavthebraveconquerorofkhazaria
Sviatoslav The Brave Conqueror Of Khazaria : https://archive.org/details/@duklja_zeta_ : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The main carachter in this picture is the Prince Svyatoslav the Brave who is compared to Alexander the Great and Caesar. Svyatoslav was a warrior, the prince...
World History EncyclopediaScandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1980/trade--warfare-in-the-kievan-rus/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #KievanRus #VarangianGuard
I am a fan of #Viking history, and learned a couple of years ago that the #Varangian #Rus' presence was not limited to being the #VarangianGuard of the #Byzantine emperor.
Apart from that, in my understanding #Sveinald #Ingvarsson's (Sviatoslav I, aka #Sviatoslav the Brave, Grand Prince of #Kiev*) fascinating...
Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1980/trade--warfare-in-the-kievan-rus/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #KievanRus #VarangianGuard
Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1980/trade--warfare-in-the-kievan-rus/ #History #ByzantineEmpire #KievanRus #VarangianGuard
Andy Tuck