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Military women were invited for the first time to take part in the parade. Surely we had marching drills, as one should measure out one's pace. After all, Red Square paved with setts is not as flat as a parade ground. So, the best ones, most beautiful and clever were selected. In fact, everything comes easily to girls, because they have more diligence and zealousness than guys. I don't want to offend anybody, but we were training less time than them, as they had been aware of their participation prior to us. And when we arrived in Alabino for the first time, everyone claimed we were marching up to par. I wouldn't say that better, of course not, but it's up to par. So, girls did their best, they wanted to make a good showing and not to disgrace themselves at the same time. Well done!
It can be noticed that some guys didn't feel well either, given such exercise stress, so it was a bit hard for girls too, but not always.
A wave of emotions that overwhelm you while being on Red Square is absolutely unspeakable. Because first of all we didn't want to disgrace our authorities, that entrusted us with such an honour, and of course we wanted to show our respected veterans that we are proud of what they did for us. If it were not for them, the sun would not shine to such extent, and we wouldn't live so freely and beautifully. So, it's an ounce of tribute we could pay to our veterans, who saved the world.
Surely I'd like to congratulate everyone on the Great War, it is indeed Great, it was hard, but so long-awaited, and necessary not only for us, but the whole of Europe.
It's a pity that today some try to remake this history. So, we should maintain it and I make a low bow to our veterans and express my gratitude for what they did. Let them live long and happily and let our children and maybe my grandchildren one day see these outstanding people. Because when my son speaks with veterans of the WWII, he has tears in his eyes, as one cannot sit back indifferently after these stories.
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Kievan Rus' (Old East Slavic: Рѹ́сь (Rus' ), Рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ (Rus'skaya zemlya), Latin: Rus(s)ia, Ruscia, Ruzzia, Rut(h)enia) was a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty. The modern nations of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine all claim Kievan Rus' as their cultural ancestors, with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it.
At its greatest extent, in the mid-11th century, it stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the headwaters of the Vistula in the west to the Taman Peninsula in the east, uniting the majority of East Slavic tribes.According to Russian historiography, the first ruler to start uniting East Slavic lands into what has become known as Kievan Rus' was Prince Oleg (882–912). He extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east, and he moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazars. Vladimir the Great (980–1015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, extended it to all inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav the Wise (1019–1054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.The state declined beginning in the late 11th century and during the 12th century, disintegrating into various rival regional powers. It was further weakened by economic factors, such as the collapse of Rus' commercial ties to the Byzantine Empire due to the decline of Constantinople and the accompanying diminution of trade routes through its territory. The state finally fell to the Mongol invasion of the 1240s.
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00:02:10 1 Name
00:03:55 2 History
00:04:04 2.1 Origin
00:07:56 2.2 Invitation of the Varangians
00:10:55 2.3 Foundation of the Kievan state
00:13:19 2.4 Early foreign relations
00:13:28 2.4.1 Volatile steppe politics
00:17:43 2.4.2 Rus'–Byzantine relations
00:23:37 2.4.3 Sviatoslav
00:24:47 2.5 Reign of Vladimir and Christianisation
00:29:09 2.6 Golden age
00:31:17 2.7 Fragmentation and decline
00:36:25 2.7.1 Novgorod Republic
00:37:34 2.7.2 Northeast
00:38:46 2.7.3 Southwest
00:40:59 2.8 Final disintegration
00:42:35 3 Economy
00:43:10 4 Society
00:45:46 5 Historical assessment
00:47:50 6 Foreign relations
00:48:00 6.1 Turco-Mongols
00:50:15 6.2 Byzantine Empire
00:51:22 6.3 Military campaigns
00:51:45 7 Administrative divisions
00:53:27 8 Principal cities
00:54:28 9 Religion
00:57:30 10 See also
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Kievan Rus' (Old East Slavic: Рѹ́сь (Rus' ), Рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ (Rus'skaya zemlya), Latin: Rus(s)ia, Ruscia, Ruzzia, Rut(h)enia) was a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty. The modern nations of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine all claim Kievan Rus' as their cultural ancestors, with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it.
At its greatest extent, in the mid-11th century, it stretched from the White Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the headwaters of the Vistula in the west to the Taman Peninsula in the east, uniting the majority of East Slavic tribes.According to Russian historiography, the first ruler to start uniting East Slavic lands into what has become known as Kievan Rus' was Prince Oleg (882–912). He extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east, and he moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazars. Vladimir the Great (980–1015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, extended it to all inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav the Wise (1019–1054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.The state declined beginning in the late 11th century and during the 12th century, disintegrating into various rival regional powers. It was further weakened by economic factors, such as the collapse of Rus' commercial ties to the Byzantine Empire due to the decline of Constantinople and the accompanying diminution of trade routes through its territory. The state finally fell to the Mongol invasion of the 1240s.
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Kievan Rus' | Wikipedia audio article
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Kievan Rus' (Old East Slavic: Рѹ́сь (Rus' ), Рѹ́сьскаѧ землѧ (Rus'skaya zemlya), Latin: Rus(s)ia, Ruscia, Ruzzia, Rut(h)enia) was a loose federation of East Slavic and Finnic peoples in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century, under the reign of the Varangian Rurik dynasty. The modern nations of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine all claim Kievan Rus' as their cultural ancestors, with Belarus and Russia deriving their names from it.
At its greatest extent, in the mid-11th century, it stretched from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Black Sea in the south and from the headwaters of the Vistula in the west to the Taman Peninsula in the east, uniting the majority of East Slavic tribes.According to Russian historiography, the first ruler to start uniting East Slavic lands into what has become known as Kievan Rus' was Prince Oleg (882–912). He extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east, and he moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazars. Vladimir the Great (980–1015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, extended it to all inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav the Wise (1019–1054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.The state declined beginning in the late 11th century and during the 12th century, disintegrating into various rival regional powers. It was further weakened by economic factors, such as the collapse of Rus' commercial ties to the Byzantine Empire due to the decline of Constantinople and the accompanying diminution of trade routes through its territory. The state finally fell to the Mongol invasion of the 1240s.
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