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7: Rise of Muscovite Power

The Making of Modern Ukraine

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The Successors of Rus

Rus is actually the country R-U-S, which in the 14th century was a completely unproblematic word. Galicia and Volenia are English words which come from Latin. They're very important because they hold out as rulers of Rus for an extra century or so. After 1240, they were the only princes of Rus who actually engaged the Mongols on the battlefield with anything other than complete failure. All of these people call themselves the prince of all of Rus. If you're going to call yourself the prince of Rus, just go ahead and call yourself thePrince ofAllOfRus. That is the answer to the question of what all of Rus is. How far

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