Who Was Really Called "Rus"? — Kyivan Rus in Six Chains, Part 1

Rus, Ukraine, Muscovy, Russia: who used which name, when, and what each name meant. 7 pages, with a timeline and status labels. Part 1 of 7 in Kyivan Rus in Six Chains.

People in the tenth to twelfth centuries said "Rus" and "Rus' land", not "Kyivan Rus". "Ukraine" first appears in a chronicle in 1187 as a place, not a people. "Little Rus" and "Great Rus" began as church terms. "Muscovy" is a Western name. "White Rus'" is first recorded in 1381. Each name has its own date, its own meaning and its own owner.

This guide follows the names one by one and shows that the record does not support a story in which one modern nation simply "inherited" the name.

WHAT YOU GET

• 7 pages, PDF, in two editions: English and Ukrainian, with two illustrations
• Ten short sections, from "What people said at the time" to "Belarus and the name White Rus'"
• A timeline table where every date carries a status label
• A "three peoples, one chain" comparison of Ukrainians, Belarusians and Russians
• A clear list of where historians disagree, what we checked and what we did not
• Sources and further reading

FILE FORMAT: PDF

DOWNLOAD: two PDF files, about 2 MB each.

LICENSE

Personal use only. Please do not redistribute or resell.

ABOUT THE GUIDE

AI-assisted. Checked against reference sources. Not a scholarly monograph.

Part 0 is free: payhip.com/b/RkbVK

Publisher: Ukraine Eternal