Rus people - Wikipedia The Rus ', [a] also known as Russes, [2] [3] were a people in early medieval Eastern Europe The scholarly consensus holds that they were originally Norsemen, mainly originating from present-day Sweden, who settled and ruled along the river-routes between the Baltic and the Black Seas from around the 8th to 11th centuries AD
Rural Utilities Service - Rural Development USDA's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) provides financing for much needed infrastructure improvements to rural communities These include water and waste treatment, electric power, telecommunication and broadband services
Rus | Slavs, Vikings Scandinavia | Britannica Rus, ancient people who gave their name to the lands of Russia and Belarus Their origin and identity are much in dispute Traditional Western scholars believe them to be Scandinavian Vikings, an offshoot of the Varangians, who moved southward from the Baltic coast and founded the first consolidated state among the eastern Slavs, centring on Kiev
Rus people - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Rus ' were a group of Norsemen from Sweden who settled in modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and northwestern Russia Their name comes from the word Ruotsi, an Old Norse term meaning "the men who row" The Rus' were responsible for the foundation of the Kievan Rus' state
Rus: A Brief Overview - Princeton University If Rus can be part of medieval and early modern Europe, perhaps then Ukraine at least, and Russia possibly, can be part of modern Europe This argument has been made explicit even in regard to Ukraine’s possible association with the European Union
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) - USAGov The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) provides funding for the development of rural utilities infrastructure such as water, waste management, power and telecommunications
Rus - Encyclopedia. com The Rus are a people described in historical documents as traders and chiefs who were instrumental in the formation of the ancient Russian state between a d 750 and 1000 Historians and archaeologists have studied the Rus and their role in the development of early Russian towns and the Russian state
What does Rus mean in Russian? - StudyCountry. com Originally, the name Rus' (Cyrillic: Русь) referred to the people, regions, and medieval states (9th to 12th centuries) of the Kievan Rus ' Its territories are today distributed among Belarus, Central and Northern Ukraine, Eastern Poland, and the Western section of Russia
Learn In 5 Minutes: The Rus ⋆ Medieval Reporter The Rus’ established a dynasty that remained in power for centuries, ultimately bestowing their name to the modern countries of Russia and Belarus Their influence, and their impact on Eurasia, was felt from Scotland to Iran
Names of Rus, Russia and Ruthenia - Wikipedia In the 13th–14th centuries, parts of the core Rus' land and many of southwestern Rus' principalities were united under the power of the Kingdom of Rus' or Ruthenia (Latin: Regnum Rusiae), historiographically better known as the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia