16: Russia Gets Started

The segments of Lecture 16 are:

• 16a: Russia Gets Started
  
• 16b: The People Known as the Rus
• 16c: The Way of Russia's Elders
• 16d: The Mongol Occupation
• 16e: Conclusions
  

Important terms, concepts, individuals, and events:

Varangians, Rurik, Kievan Rus, Kiev, St. Vladimir the Great, Yaroslav the Wise, Russkaya Pravda, Vladimir Monomakh, Golden Horde, Batu Khan, yarlyk, Great Novgorod, appanages

Questions for consideration: 

1. Why did Saint Vladimir change the Rus state religion to Christianity?
2. What sort of relationship did Kievan Rus have with Western Europe?
   
3. What made Kievan Rus such easy pickings for the Golden Horde?